Convictions and Conflict: 9th Graders Prepare for Mock Trial With Essential Questions
“I argued that people’s experiences that they think are the same are actually not the same and influence what they are willing to fight for.” …
Upper School
Causes and Connections: Mapping World War I in 9th Grade History
“It seems like Europe just got in a big war with itself, because Europe had conquered almost the entire world, so then everyone got involved.” …
Parametrics, Point-Slopes, and Proofs: 9th Grade Mathematicians Find Answers Together
“I love them. I love rhombuses.” How can you find a point that’s three times farther from the origin (0,0) than (2,3)? Are there multiple …
Clever Cantilever Endeavors in 9th Grade Design
“Wow, Pythagorean Theorem actually works! Look, it made the length exactly for this strut…” 9th grade Design students are building cantilevers in partner pairs, using …
Marigold Memories: Día de los Muertos Studies in 9th Grade Spanish
“A mi abuelita le gustaba Coca Cola.” 9th Grade Spanish students this week visited the San José State University Library’s 26th Annual Art of Remembrance …
Still Kings: Near-Future Fiction Meets Real-World Past in 9th Grade English
“There was a quote that stood out to me: ‘We were still kings among men.’ They’re all going through the same terrible thing but… I …
One Island, Two Worlds: Unpacking Colonization 9th Grade History
“My geography is getting a lot better!” 9th Grade World History students this week focused on unpacking the history of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. …
Parsing Parabolas in 9th Grade Integrated Math
“I’m gonna be honest. I had trouble finding a pattern. So I asked ChatGPT to help me but I didn’t understand what it was telling …
A Dose of Glucose in 9th Grade Biochemistry
“Let’s go! We made glucose!” Scientists in 9th grade Biochemistry I are modeling, building structures to match the chemical reactants, and then products of formulas …
The Craft of the Draft in 9th Grade Design Class
“I was trying to conjoin these two things, but as if they are different heights, like this one is on the ground but this one …