LYME SCHOOL

7A Language Arts The seventh-grade class finished reading The Outsiders last week. Along the way, we read and then composed poetry that connected to the book's theme. We hav...

During Language Arts, we have been busy reading our class novel, The Giver , with the students writing a paragraph that compared the Lyme community to Jonas’s community. In addit...

Greetings from your Student Life Coordinator/School Counselor! Here is what is and has been happening in Stanton Time K-5! Kindergartners have started working on an Active ...

Reflections of a Mzungu February 2018 When John Carroll came to the Lyme School in the spring of 2017 proposing a vision for Upper Valley Edu...

Students in grades K-2 have been learning about dynamic (moving) and static (still) balance in P.E. Dynamic balance involves the ability to keep the body balanced with and withou...

Students in grades 3-5 have been learning about the various components of fitness. In the past few weeks, we explored the components of cardiovascular endurance, muscular strengt...

Students in grades 5 and 6 are learning about the social and emotional component of the Wellness Wheel. Compassion and empathy are two important concepts students explore as young...

The seventh graders quickly settled into the science routine at the beginning of the school year. They were given the seventh grade science book called Glencoe Life Science, yel...

This week a number of the 7th graders practiced their problem solving skills by solving the TedEd Bridge Riddle . The students watched a short animation describing the task (lin...

The eighth graders settled in quickly to the science routine during the first weeks of school. They were given the eighth grade science book called Glencoe Earth Science, yellow ...

The sixth graders were introduced to the routines of middle school science in their first science classes of the year. They were given the sixth grade science book called ...

The internationally renowned folk band, Windborne, is coming to the Lyme School! They'll be conducting a 2-day workshop on October 16th and 17th. Windborne will teach each grade a...

It was probably a good thing that we had a long weekend for students and staff to recuperate after a truly memorable, exciting, and intentional day! Advisory Challenge Day was a F...

One never knows what may happen during a story in Spanish class. In our first story of the year, we ended up with a blue cat dancing in Greenland because there was no music anywhe...

Using the timeless classic The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton as our anchor text, we are embarking on a unit that centers around the theme of identity. The students have created iden...

All students are equal, but are some students more equal than others? The 8th grade Humanities class has been busy grappling with the big ideas and themes in the book Ani...

The 7th grade was introduced to the 1960’s, as they prepared to read The Outsiders. We discussed identity and the students made their own identity chart. Students paired up and ...

In Social Studies the students have started to learn about the English coming to settle in the New World and their arrival to Jamestown. We took this opportunity to talk about the...

7th graders have been studying the Middle East, or the crossroads of the world, and learning about its rich history, geography and culture. Students now understand that middle-eas...

Grades 6-7 are experimenting with robotics, mechanics, electronics, 3D design and coding using the Design Thinking process. Students started the year with the challenge of Improvi...