June 04, 2013
Phil Burling—Parent ’85, Trustee Emeritus, Board Chair, Interim Head of School 2004-05
Vital Carroll Annual Fund Supporter for 23 years
“I have been involved with Carroll School for a long time: first as a parent in the ‘80’s, then as a trustee, and school lawyer, and then for one...
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June 03, 2013
Ocular-Motor and Visual-Spatial Development
Katie Lyslo, our Cognitive Development Specialist, works with our Lower School children to address cognitive challenges they may have. During a recent lesson, Ms. Lyslo engaged a 5th grade student in activities to further develop ocular-motor and...
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May 30, 2013
How Does Technology Advance Learning?
At Carroll, integration of technology into our curriculum is vital because it opens doors and allows our students to demonstrate their knowledge in ways that were unimaginable in the past. Using 21st Century technologies, our students learn, explore...
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May 30, 2013
A tip of the hat and a round of applause for Carnival co-chairs, Maureen Champa and Michelle Garfinkel, as well as Cakewalk maven, Kim Piculell, who did an awesome job during Carroll’s Carnival. Special recognition has to go also to their outstanding helpers, Jennifer Evans and Maria Fitzgerald,...
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May 29, 2013
Flat Stanley Visits From Canada
Recently, Ms. Blumstein’s 4th grade class had a Canadian “exchange student”… Flat Stanley! Our “visitor” was sent by a Canadian preschool so that these students could learn about Carroll School. This project comes...
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May 16, 2013
How Can You Make A Difference?
Our students benefit immeasurably from the individualized education they receive at Carroll but do you know that tuition does not cover the full cost of a Carroll education? We need your support before June 30, 2013 to meet our Annual Fund goal. Read these...
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May 15, 2013
How Do Our 3rd Grade Students Learn Skills for Descriptive Writing? By Painting the Sky…
In the 3rd grade, the writing program is geared towards developing sentence structure. The students learn parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, article, when, where and how phrases). New areas...
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May 10, 2013
On May 10, nearly 300 grandparents and special visitors gathered at Carroll’s Lower School to listen to a presentation given by Carroll’s Head of School, Steve Wilkins, and to observe classroom learning and special activities. We thank you for participating in this memorable morning! To...
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May 08, 2013
Middle School students and Bounders instructors hiked along trails in the Merck Forest in Rupert Vermont during a spring weekend trip. The students camped in the back-country for two-nights, worked together to build stone steps to cross a creek, gathered firewood and learned to light a fire with...
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May 07, 2013
In Mr. Morris’s 3rd grade math class, students are familiar with the benefits of using manipulatives as tools to represent and solve problems. So, when Mr. Morris presents the students with “Code Breakers” puzzles (which practice basic numeracy skills by solving for missing values) they don’...
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