My seventh and eighth grade students are now studying the years leading up to World War II, and in connection with this topic, they learned about people who were inspired by Franklin Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union Address, commonly known as the “Four Freedoms” speech, to create works of art. After study of these […]
On Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 152,770 students in 8th grade and younger took the AMC8 (American Mathematical Contest 8th grade test). Sage students did well once again, with 18 students receiving individual honors. Distinguished Honor with 22-24 points (~top 1%) 22 -Cameron C. Honor Roll with 17-21 points (~top 5%) 21 – Spoorthi B. 20 […]
On Friday, February 10, the Junior Division prepared 100 lunches for families staying at Mainspring House, a homeless shelter in Brockton. Mainspring House is a program that helps people obtain a home by giving temporary shelter and food, finding safe and affordable housing, and providing permanent housing with supportive services.
On Friday, January 27, Sage’s Kindergarten class went on a field trip to the Museum of Natural History & Planetarium in Providence, RI. This field trip was funded by a grant that Kindergarten teacher, Manisha Jain, received through a Sage parent that is a Harvard Pilgrim Health Care employee. About the Community Spirit 9/11 […]
Sage second graders were each given an iPad for the 2011-2012 school year as part of an experiment to see if mobile devices could enhance learning at Sage.
Here at Sage we are always enthusiastic about enrichment in all its forms. As teachers, we strive to expose our students to topics we are passionate about every day. Likewise, as 21st century learners, our students are living in global society where they have increased access to so many topics – often right at their […]
Tim Monroe, Head of School and Kathryn Trogolo, Director of Admission and Marketing were quoted in this article about gifted children in Bay State Parent Magazine. Ignored: Gifted Children in Massachusetts
In The Courage to Teach, Parker Palmer, wrote, “If we want to grow in our practice, we have two primary places to go: to the inner ground from which good teaching comes and to the community of fellow teachers from whom we can learn more about ourselves and our craft” (Palmer 141). Every teacher remembers […]
The Sage School faculty and staff donated 40 unwrapped toys for the Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program.
When The Sage School was founded, we shared space with many agencies in an old school we rented from the Town of Foxboro. This building is now our permanent home. One of those agencies was the Foxboro Council on Aging, and the woman who headed that agency, Lorraine Garland, also chaired a local organization called […]
