Doherty
October 31, 2022
Halloween at Doherty
Doherty students, dressed in their costumes, paraded through the halls and around campus for the Halloween parade. Starting with Unit III in Jones Hall and adding the other units as they went along, the students passed their families lining the driveway as they made their way to the gym in Brooks Halls. There were most spooky goings-on on the Doherty Campus on Sunday afternoon with the Doherty Spooktacular, which included games, costumes, crafts, and a haunted house in Faran Hall. Happy Halloween!
Student presents from butterfly migration program
Until II student Narayan King and Unit III student Kishan King gave Zoom presentations for their Doherty classmates from Cape May, New Jersey, where they were volunteering with the Monarch Migration Project. The migration project is a research and educational program focusing on the fall migration of monarch butterflies along the Atlantic coast. Kishan and Project Director Mark Garland taught the Doherty students about how the monarch butterflies cross the bay in Maine and fly all the way to Mexico. The King family has been volunteering with the program since Kishan was a baby. Kishan explained how to catch the butterflies and determine their size, sex, and weight. Narayan and a volunteer naturalist showed the students to how to tag the butterflies. The butterflies are then released to see how many survive the migration flight to Mexico.
Doherty and Lotspeich Fifth Graders explore river
Doherty and Lotspeich’s fifth graders are doing a “deep dive” into the topics of water resources and water quality in the Cincinnati area. Students have explored the concepts through an in-depth interdisciplinary unit in science and project math. “This trip will bridge our Science Chemistry and Water units, and kick off our water quality citizen science project that we will continue on campus at the Duck Creek this spring,” Lotspeich fifth grade teacher Laura OGrady said.
Doherty Bees meet their Hives
Doherty students had their first meetings with their Hives, a group made up of 12 students from kindergarten through fifth grade. “It is a cross-grade bonding activity to build a supportive community with the older students as leaders,” said Interim Head of Doherty Christine Garten. The idea to revamp the buddy program to be school-wide came from Head of Doherty Tracy Murch, who is currently out on medical leave. The Hives are led by the fifth graders, with assistance from two teachers. The Hives spent the first part of the meeting getting to know each other and their teacher-assistants. The Hives then gave themselves a name and created a logo and poster based on their color.
Doherty students learn about equity
Doherty students had a visit from the Upper School Equity Council and did an activity to teach them about equity. Senior Jack Ringel and Equity Council advisor Amaris White visited Doherty and Ringel told them about the work the council does to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in all divisions. Doherty counselor Angie Bielecki had four student volunteers all try on the same shoes to demonstrate the difference between equity and equality. The students pointed out how one size does not work for everyone and differences are needed and helpful. As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, Unit II and III students presented on people of Hispanic heritage they learned about from FC Cincinnati Player Luciano Acosta to Unit II teacher Ivette Crichton.
Harvest Day in Kindergarten
Kindergarteners in Molly Seta and Lindsay Pietroski’s classes completed a series of STEAM activities with a harvest theme. Students read stories to their stuffed animal farm friends, worked in the garden, did math with eggs, build a bridge for animals, and created simple machines.
Teacher present at ISACS Conference
Congratulations to Lotspeich and Doherty Spanish teachers Megan Hayes and Kristen Diersing who were chosen to present at the annual ISACS conference on Nov. 4 in Minneapolis. Their presentation is called “The Power of Story Listening.” Story Listening is where the teacher chooses an age appropriate story for the students’ age, language level, and interests and tells the story to the students using drawings, translations, and gestures to make the story comprehensible, “Diersing said. The presentation will be interactive with the attendees trying their hand at Story Listening.
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