Global Education Day

The entire Middle School relished participating in Global Education Day in mid-March. In the morning, students attended a variety of sessions about topics including wildlife conservation, the future of agriculture, the versatility of speaking multiple languages, and many more. During the afternoon, students competed in an “Amazing Race”-style competition where they traveled around Hillsdale Campus and completed a series of challenges. Students “ran with the bulls”, raced up “Mount Everest,” crossed a river, performed an Irish jig, and tried new food from around the world, just to name a few!

Eighth graders participate in leadership conference

Sixth grade learns healthy perspectives for relationships

In early March, sixth graders participated in Healthy Visions, a youth development organization hosting programs teaching pre-teens and teens the critical skills and knowledge needed to make healthier behavioral choices and develop stronger relationships. As part of their lessons, students split into groups to sort different kinds of behavior into healthy, unhealthy, and abusive categories.  “Healthy Visions provided our sixth grade students with the necessary and fundamental skills to navigate the complexity of friendships, how to identify unhealthy behaviors within themselves and those around them, and many other strategies for creating and maintaining supportive relationships,” Middle School counselor Dayna Sargent said.

Real Talk presents: Rites of Passage

Sixth graders collect supplies for Turkey and Syria

On March 9, the sixth grade It’s Your World classes finished collecting donations for Turkish and Syrian citizens impacted by the Feb. 6 earthquake. Each division generously raised and donated boxes full of life-sustaining supplies, such as cases of water bottles, first aid necessities, clothes, and toiletries. The donation drive was mainly student-led, from the idea to host a drive to creating posters, setting up donation drop-off sites, collecting donations, making announcements, and helping plan social media posts. Last year’s It’s Your World classes were also inspired by the war in Ukraine to host an item drive.