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This week, Beaver is pleased to host Alexander DeMaria as an artist in residence. Mr. DeMaria has spent the week meeting with classes, sharing his work and expertise with students, and preparing an exhibit in our Nancy Lincoln Gallery.
Prior to his arrival, art teacher Rebecca Roberts asked her 9th grade Art Principle class to look [...]

As Beaver’s performing arts season gets underway, the Middle School has been hard at work preparing “Legend of the Poinsettia.” This play tells the story of a thirteen-year-old Latino girl trying to fit in at a non-Latino Catholic school. She rejects her own culture and traditions in favor of acceptance from her American peers.
In addition [...]

9th grade students in Rebecca Roberts’ Principles of Art class each have their own art blog to record their thoughts about their activities in the class. Ms. Roberts posts entries to her own blog which provide instruction and examples for what students are to write on their blogs. All student blogs are linked to from [...]

Nicole Lipson uses blogs in her “Shakespeare, Tragedy Tomorrow…Comedy Tonight!” 12th grade English class to facilitate class reflection and conversation. In this example she prompts students to respond to her post via commenting. Click here to see the original post and all of the comments.

Ms. Lipson’s post:
Hi all-
In a few days, we will be beginning [...]