

High-Tech Service Learning
At Wellan Montessori School in Newton, MA, Upper Elementary Year 6 students are engaged in service learning projects with high-tech...


Krissy Canastar
May 3, 2019
An Ode to Drama Tech
Drama Club is six weeks away from our performance of Oklahoma! With only an hour each week to rehearse for a full musical, write bios’s...

Merav Rosen, Design Lab Teacher
Apr 11, 2019
The Value of Tinkering
For ages, children have made things out of unconventional materials and have taken things apart. Tinkering can satisfy a child's natural...


Michael Silverstone, Lower Elementary Teacher
Jan 14, 2019
Adventures in Podcasting: A Recess Interest Group Creates “The NMS Listener”
Electronic music plays. A hand signal counts down: three, two, one . . . now! “Welcome to The NMS Listener. In this segment we’re going...


DIY STEAM Projects To Try With Kids At Home
As we enter the first week of December and temperatures begin to drop, the Umbrella Programs Team is brainstorming all sorts of creative...


Marat (5th grade) & Kourosh (4th grade)
Dec 14, 2017
Hour of Code
Coding is shaping our future. The Hour of Code is an initiative that happens through code.org, a website that helps people of all ages...


Devon Beidler, Assistant Head of School
Dec 5, 2017
How We Prepare Students For An Ever-Changing World
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” —Albert Einstein I think most people will agree that...