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How Can You Make A Difference?

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... » Read more
Painting the Sky

Learning Skills for Descriptive Writing

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... » Read more

Special Visitors' Day Presentation

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... » Read more
Bounders Backpacking Trip

Bounders Merck Forest Backpacking Trip

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... » Read more

CarrollMath- Discovering Numerical Relationships

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’... » Read more
Bidding on auction items

The 'Heat Is On' Auction

April 30, 2013 The bidding was hot during the ‘Heat Is On’ Auction recently hosted at Carroll. Members of the community gathered for this festive event to raise funds for the Storrow House renovation project and for enhancing our Fab Lab with additional 21st Century educational technologies. Everyone... » Read more
Community Building improvisational workshops

Be An Upstander!

April 24, 2013 This spring, our Lower School students learned life lessons when observing skits performed by Urban Improv. This traveling trio of actors performs in school settings and, in interactive workshops, uses improvisational theater to teach topics like conflict resolution, decision-making, community... » Read more
Student artwork

SISAL Art Exhibition

April 23, 2013 This spring, Carroll hosted the SISAL (Small Independent Art League) Annual Exhibition. The exhibition featured works of art created by students in grades 6-8 at Carroll, Fenn, Fessenden, Dexter, Southfield, Dedham Country Day, Newton Country Day, Falmouth Academy, Brimmer and May, Roxbury Latin... » Read more