ACADEMICS GRADE 3 STUDENTS, PARENTS PARTICIPATE IN ORIENTEERING ACTIVITIES
Chiara Dilks ’31 reads her map.
After learning how to read maps and use compasses, Grade 3 students helped guide their parents to control markers spread out on Baldwin’s athletic fields. Students and parents practiced orienting themselves on the map to determine which directions they should go to find each control marker.
GRADE 5 MAKES CONNECTIONS TO HISPANIC CULTURES
Pre-Kindergarten Studies Architecture As a part of their architecture unit, Baldwin’s youngest Bears learned about different types of buildings and structures, including various types of houses. After reading the story "What to do with a Box" and drawing their own blueprints, the Pre-K students created a 3-D model of the Residence using building blocks. They also used cardboard boxes, construction paper, magazine pictures and other recycled materials to create their own model homes complete with walls, windows, furniture and more. The girls even explored Baldwin’s historic Residence to see the different types of spaces and designs, including the office of Head of School Dr. Marisa Porges ’96.
Upper School Engineering Solves Real-World Problem In the Upper School Engineering Riya Rao '25, Lilly Rang '25 and Addison Ford '25 adjust the ski harness. Class, students are making an adjustable, adult-sized ski harness for Jack, a 19-year-old man who has some physical challenges and is trying to learn to ski. Jack needs a harness, but manufacturers don't make them in adult sizes. Students are designing and prototyping the harnesses in class.
During Hispanic Heritage Month, Grade 5 students learned about Hispanic cultures. They explored art, celebrations and dance in Latin American countries and within the United States. During their exploration, they created their own molas, a textile craft usually made by the Kuna of Panama. Ava Gardiner ’29 creates a mola.
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TOP: Pre-K students visit Head of School Dr. Marisa Porges ’96 in her office. BOTTOM: Pre-K teacher Hope Feher works with students to construct the Residence using building blocks.
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Harper Hoffman ’24 and Ali Gildea ’24 work on the prototype.
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS VISIT GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE
In December, Grades 6 - 8 made separate visits to Grounds for Sculpture, a museum, sculpture garden and arboretum in New Jersey. Outdoors, nearly 300 contemporary sculptures are sited across 42 landscaped acres. Indoors, temporary exhibitions from established and emerging artists are featured in six galleries. The students bonded with their classmates while strolling through gardens and galleries full of beautiful artwork.
Olivia Choo ’26 enjoys the sculpture garden.
