Exploris Grade 8 This week we continued our Tipping Points and Mapping our Microbes Projects and kicked off our novel, Crow.  NC State Dairy Farm Visit On Monday, January 30, and Tuesday, January 31, the 8th grade is going to the NC State Dairy Farm. Day and car assignments are here. We will leave school… Continue reading Friday, January 27

Exploris Grade 8 We had a busy, short week! Thanks so much for all of the drivers to The Morehead Planetarium on Tuesday and for all parents’ flexibility and patience with the late pickup. This week we continued our Tipping Points and Mapping our Microbes Project. We ended the week hearing from Joe Holt. If… Continue reading Friday, January 20

Exploris Grade 8 Please note Tuesday, January 17, will be a late after-school pickup for students. We have a field experience at Morehead Planetarium and will be back between 4:15 and 4:30. Students will need packed lunches that day! Please send in the final Outward Bound payment if you forgot this week. The final amounts… Continue reading Friday, January 13

Exploris Grade 8 Happy New Year! We had a great, short week back. We jumped back into the Civil War in humanities and are prepping for our Harkness discussion seminars on the Civil Rights movement over the next few weeks in crew. We knocked out our map testing this week and will kick off our… Continue reading Friday, January 6

Exploris Grade 8 Happy Holiday Break. We hope you all have a restful, joyful holiday season. We will see students again on Wednesday, January 4, 2023! Thank you so much for all of our holiday gifts and contributions to the teacher fund. We feel VERY loved and appreciated by your thoughtfulness. Winter Field Experience Driver… Continue reading Friday, December 16

Exploris Grade 8 We hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving Break! We are back in the swing of things with Trimester 2 well underway! We kicked off our study of Tipping Points, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and chose our second round of electives, which begin next Friday. Dinner table chats this week can… Continue reading Friday, December 2

Exploris Grade 8 What a great week wrapping up Trimester 1! Students argued and submitted videos for legislators about which water issue in NC should be number 1 priority for the new legislation. We hope everyone enjoys time with family over the break. We will see everyone again on Monday, November 28!  Outward Bound Portal… Continue reading Friday, October 18

Exploris Grade 8 We had another busy, short week. Students have their asynchronous work for today and we’d love parent edits on their documentary analysis before they submit those today. We kick off our culminating project on Monday with a Water Filter Build. Students will need to bring supplies!  We’ve updated our Amazon wishlist! We’re… Continue reading Friday, November 4