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The Curriculum Highlights series shines a light on the important and dynamic skill building that is happening in Live Oak classrooms every day. These highlights are prepared by Live Oak faculty and offer a glimpse into a notable activity, project, or unit that prepares students for interdisciplinary learning and agency beyond the classroom. This week we highlight the math concepts behind the pet house design project that eighth graders engaged in before Winter Break.

The hallways are buzzing again, the classrooms are active, the learning spaces around campus are filled with conversation and laughter: school is back. As our school community reacclimates to its routines after the two-week break, our middle school faculty are devoting some intentional time dedicated to re-establishing norms and reinforcing the expectations that support the important teaching and learning that happens on a daily basis at Live Oak. Much like our counterparts in lower school, one area of focus in middle school has been around helping students enter into the new year by building on the successes of the previous semester, while helping frame their work and actions through the lens of maximizing their positive impact on their classrooms and the broader school culture and climate. 

This coming Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday which has been designated by Congress as a National Day of Service. You may have heard about making it “a day on, not a day off,” and if you’ve been waiting for the right moment, this is it! Read below to see ways to get involved and/or use the holiday as an opportunity to learn. 

SPEAK presents best-selling author and journalist Mónica Guzmán, virtually hosted by Live Oak School at 7pm on Wednesday, February 4. Registration is now open. Join us for a talk with Mónica Guzmán and explore how you can strengthen family connections through curiosity during tough conversations. Read more about Mónica below.