January | 2024
来自阿什利霍尔校园的故事和照片，突出了学生和教师每个月共同取得的成就.
Celebrating Black History in the Classroom and as a Community
黑人的历史就是美国的历史，在阿什利大厅，人们以各种方式庆祝黑人的历史. Last month, 50 spirited members of our community, including students from every division, faculty, and parents, marched in Charleston’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade. It was the largest group to march in recent history, and as we enter Black History Month, which begins today, 教育工作者们正准备迎接一个忙碌的月，这个月充满了十大网赌平台推荐社会正义的讨论, history, and belonging.
In Pardue Hall, 低年级将以一系列每周由学生主导的演讲来纪念黑人历史月，在演讲期间，每个年级的学生都将上台向他们的同龄人传授从历史上重要的民权时刻到和平抗议的力量等主题. Across the sports court in the IP building, 五年级的班级将合作制作一个被子，详细介绍许多有影响力的美国黑人的故事.
In the Upper School, 大三学生将离开校园去探索麦克劳德种植园历史遗址，作为他们重建研究的一部分, 在此期间，南方重新并入联邦，被解放的人民被授予完全公民身份的权利和特权. 麦克劳德是当地一座重要的奴隶制历史和解放历史纪念碑,” explains U.S. 历史老师约翰·纳格勒，他将带领学生在校外进行这次探索.
学生们还有机会参加由学生领导的两项激动人心的活动，这些活动将在未来几个月由负责学生事务的助理校长Cintra Horn领导，重点是加强十大网赌平台推荐多元化社区的联系. On Friday, February 16, 一群学生将前往萨凡纳参加一年一度的低国家学生多样性会议, an initiative to bring young leaders together to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). 今年3月，十大最好的网赌平台还将与波特-高德共同主办一场十大网赌平台推荐归属感的学生领袖峰会. 峰会将包括8-12年级的学生，重点是建立社区和发展领导技能，以增强十大网赌平台推荐学校的归属感.
LOWER SCHOOL
The Silkworm Diaries: Observing Insect Life Cycles in Second Grade
多亏了一项非常特殊的科学项目，二年级学生的头脑已经转了好几个月了，该项目专注于追踪蚕的生命周期. “We have been studying insects, including ladybugs, Painted Lady butterflies, 和蚕，为十大网赌平台推荐的小学计划(PYP)昆虫侦探小组提供服务,” says Lower School faculty member Mary O’Donnell. “However, the silkworms have been our pride and joy. 她们吸引了女孩们的注意，也吸引了整个帕杜霍尔的注意.”
With hand-held magnifying lenses, 学生们上学期通过观察10只小蚕开始了这个项目, each only about 2 millimeters in size, hatch from their eggs. “This is when the fun really began,” O’Donnell says. “We kept a silkworm journal, and each day, we would switch out the food and observe the silkworm’s growth. 然后每隔几天，女孩们就会记录下她们的观察结果并画一幅画.” Here’s a snapshot of the amazing life cycle of the silkworm, seen through the eyes of her students:
The Larva Stage: Silkworms are in the larva stage for 20-30 days. “We had to keep our classroom as warm as possible, about 75 degrees, to help them grow,” O’Donnell says. “When the silkworms were big enough, the girls were able to hold them and feel how soft their skin was.” Over winter break, their worms tripled in size.
The Pupa Stage: On New Year’s Day, the first silkworm started to spin its cocoon. But this didn’t happen fast, explains Vivienne Allen ’34. “It took a whole night,” she says. “It was spinning, and that’s when we made a video.” O’Donnell set up a time-lapse video 为了捕捉蚕24小时制茧的惊人过程.
The Moth Stage: Sixteen days after spinning, 这个班级的第一只蚕蛾是在蚕茧上钻了一个洞才出来的. “Once they are moths, they do not eat or fly because they cannot survive in the wild,” Alice Carrico ’34 explains. This made it easy for students to observe their moth up close. “Their feet stick to you so they can’t really get away, and their abdomen is really fluffy,” Carrico says.
DID YOU KNOW? 蚕是家养的昆虫，只用于产卵和产丝. 大多数在蛹阶段被杀死，这样它们制造的丝线就可以完好无损地保存下来. 蚕的寿命只有短短的5-10天，刚好足够学生欣赏这个小生物!
UPPER SCHOOL
学生探索西班牙节日传统-并保证2024年好运!
如果你认为庆祝节日的乐趣在今年1月休假后阿什利大厅重新上课时已经说完了, think again. 只要问问奥尔加·朗西班牙语课上的鹦鹉螺和高年级学生就知道了.
朗解释说:“在说西班牙语的国家，人们通常比十大网赌平台推荐晚一周庆祝礼物。. “Three Kings’ Day or El Día de los Reyes Magos is a national holiday in Spain. 它在1月6日举行，而前一天晚上类似于平安夜.”
Students dove into learning La Navidad in December, along with its tradition of gift-giving. “In Spain traditionally, it’s the Kings, or Reyes朗说:“他们会收到孩子们的来信，并‘送’礼物，而不是圣诞老人。. 为了提高他们的语言技能，并与内心深处的童心接触，学生们被要求选出他们最喜欢的国王, Melchor, Gaspar, or Baltasar, 给他们写封信，介绍自己，并提出一些礼物的要求.
To cap off their unit exploring the history behind Hispanic holidays, 1月8日，学生们参加了每年12月31日西班牙家庭的另一个传统: las doce uvas de la suerte or the “twelve lucky grapes.这是2024年马德里著名的新年前夜直播的录音 Puerta del Sol 在背景音乐中(当然是西班牙语)，朗格向学生们分发小杯绿葡萄，并解释这一传统是如何进行的:
Just a few seconds before midnight, a ball over Puerta del Sol 开始下降，接着是四声钟声，警告你重要的时刻即将到来. Then, 在新年的午夜，12个钟敲响了每一个钟声, you must eat one grape. 如果你想在这一年有好运气，你的目标是在钟声响起之前吃完所有的葡萄!
UPPER SCHOOL
健康计划继续扩大在高年级学生生活系列
In 2010, 十大最好的网赌平台推出了一项名为“个人意识与健康研讨会”的新健康项目。. Since, the program, as well as the number of faculty and staff supporting it, has done nothing but grow.
“Historically, when the wellness program was developed, 在每月的聚会中，十大网赌平台推荐只有很少的时间定期为学生提供社交情感课程,帮助启动PAWS项目的咨询和高年级学生生活主任凯利·萨姆纳解释说. Today, however, 高年级学生的社会情感编程通过两门必修课提供, as well as through the Student Life Series, a set of yearlong assemblies for students in grades 9-12.
每个学生生活系列集会都有不同年龄的演讲者或属于社会情感的活动, life skills, and college counseling umbrella. “这个系列让十大网赌平台推荐更深入地了解一个特定的主题, then also bring in community professionals,高中教师兼9-12年级的顾问Katie neighbors说. “Faculty members are involved in supporting our students, as well as Ashley Hall parents, community members, and even alumnae.”
Last month, 学生生活系列节目邀请了十大最好的网赌平台的家长伍德·马钱特，他是查尔斯顿学院大学康复中心的主任，他与大一和大三的学生分享了他十大网赌平台推荐药物滥用和成瘾的知识. At the same time across campus, Bank On, a city of Charleston program which offers free financial workshops, educated sophomores and seniors about budgeting, saving, and credit management.
除了演讲外，学生生活系列还包括互动体验. 萨姆纳说:“它让十大网赌平台推荐可以做一些不利于课堂环境的不同事情。. For example, in February, 该系列赛将举办一个分心驾驶活动，由国家安全委员会赞助, Neighbours shares. “十大网赌平台推荐将关闭史密斯街，这样10-12年级的学生可以轮流参加与驾驶安全有关的不同活动.”
“这个项目旨在为学生们在高中的每一年提供重要的生活技能, regardless of when they enroll in a wellness course. 这也有助于他们与咨询部门保持联系，这样他们就知道咨询部门一直在为他们服务.” – Director of Counseling and Upper School Student Life Kelly Sumner
PANTHER ATHLETICS
Ashley Hall Scoops Up Lacrosse Opportunity for Bantam and CUBS Athletes
This spring, 十大最好的网赌平台(Ashley Hall)与南卡罗莱纳青年曲棍球队合作，加入了一个新的青少年曲棍球联盟——上个月，一个新面孔出现在体育馆，让学生们知道这一切.
For two weeks in January, Director of Lacrosse at South Carolina Youth Lacrosse 泰勒·布莱克斯通在2-6年级加入黑豹队，担任体育课的客座教练.E. class to share her love for lacrosse. “年轻运动员非常愿意学习，他们喜欢尝试新事物，”布兰克斯通说. “That’s why you start in P.E. 我发现，每当一个新来的孩子拿起曲棍球棒，他们就会上瘾.”
From grip to cradling the ball with confidence, students spent the first few days learning the basics of lacrosse. 很快，他们学会了如何通过三个基本步骤:迈步、释放和跟随. “然后在第二周，我让它变得更有趣和互动，”布莱克斯通说. “我想看看他们是否保留了十大网赌平台推荐所做的，并将其应用到某些训练和游戏中.”
The verdict? The Panthers passed with flying colors. “看到他们接到第一个球，或者得到一个非常好的传球，并为此感到兴奋, that means everything,” Blenckstone says. “这就是为什么我在做我正在做的事情——看到他们的兴奋，看到他们对新事物的投入，希望能让他们坚持下去。.”
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
早教学校用新科技开启新年，帮助学生更好地管理环境
罗斯早教中心到处都是闪亮的新机器人. 是的，机器人，它们以橘子皮，午餐残渣，甚至是餐巾纸为食! Meet the Lomi, 这是一种台面食物堆肥机，作为学校U.N. Sustainability Goal of Zero Hunger.
“Last semester, 十大网赌平台推荐开始和学生们讨论十大网赌平台推荐可以做些什么来减少食物浪费,” says Early School faculty member Katie Harvard. “十大网赌平台推荐开始阅读有关堆肥的书籍，以及十大网赌平台推荐的食物来自哪里以及它可以变成什么.”
After the holidays, her primary class, along with every other class in the Early School, 回到校园，发现一个特殊的盒子在等着他们，里面装着他们自己的洛米机器人. “Through a grant, we were able to purchase a Lomi for each classroom,” says Early School naturalist and faculty member Rachael Carter. “Now, the Early School uses them daily to collect all of our food waste.”
So how does the process work? “After we eat snack and lunch, 十大网赌平台推荐把以前扔掉的所有食物都放进了十大网赌平台推荐的罗米,” Harvard explains. “The children look through the skylight top to see how, when we push the button on the Lomi, 它开始把十大网赌平台推荐的食物磨成干草状的物质，十大网赌平台推荐可以把它循环利用到十大网赌平台推荐的户外花园中.”
In a matter of hours, their food is transformed inside the Lomi. “然后十大网赌平台推荐可以用十大网赌平台推荐的嗅觉来探索里面的东西并仔细检查它, touch, and sight,” Harvard says. After making their observations, 有时用显微镜仔细观察食物垃圾的新形态, 学生们把他们的垃圾倒进新的堆肥箱里，这些堆肥箱就放在室外教室的边上. 在那里，它与土壤混合，以后用于早期学校的花园.
“堆肥的过程培养十大网赌平台推荐的孩子了解三个环保r的重要性:减少, Reuse, Recycle. 十大网赌平台推荐想知道这将如何提高他们的批判性思维能力，以理解蠕虫的重要性, insects, biodegradable items, and more to care for our earth.” – Early School Educators