This week, we asked some of our Middle School arts specialists to share a favorite story that illustrates a moment of joyful discovery when an idea really clicks and the “aha!” epiphany brings new life to learning.

Meri-Lee Mafera—Music
The Middle School music elective this spring is a course that studies various national anthems from around the [...]

This week, we asked Lynda Jackson, our Middle School Spanish instructor, to share a favorite story that illustrates a moment of joyful discovery when an idea really clicks and the “aha!” epiphany brings new life to learning.

Lynda’s Final Exam Story
As the end of the school year approaches, I think of many Aha moments I encountered [...]

This week, we asked our Middle School literature teacher, Shelley Sommer, to share a favorite story that illustrates a moment of joyful discovery when an idea really clicks and the “aha!” epiphany brings new life to learning.

Shelley’s Quiet One Story
During one of my Middle School literature discussion groups, we were reading a novel about the [...]

This week, we asked Derek Stolp, our Middle School math teacher, to share a favorite story that illustrates a moment of joyful discovery when an idea really clicks and the “aha!” epiphany brings new life to learning.

Derek’s Fractal Story
Every day in school, children are working at the boundaries of their knowledge. And, every day, they [...]

This week, we asked Tschol Slade, our Middle School humanities teacher, to share a favorite story that illustrates a moment of joyful discovery when an idea really clicks and the “aha!” epiphany brings new life to learning.

Tschol’s Story
A recent example was at Model United Nations in March, when our middle schoolers got together with hundreds of other [...]

This week, we asked our Middle School director, Julie Kelly-Detwiler, to share a favorite story that illustrates a moment of joyful discovery when an idea really clicks and the “aha!” epiphany brings new life to learning.

Julie’s Internship Story
Adolescence is a time of trying things on, making the theory real, taking a step closer to adulthood. Internships [...]

The Inly Middle School students in the spring art elective class had the opportunity to create a sculpture for a specific destination—the Student Outdoor Sculpture show (through June 6, 2010) at the Art Complex Museum, in Duxbury, MA!
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Above: A student-made video of installation day

Students worked together in small groups, and [...]

By Pam Golden, Inly Art Instructor
It is wonderful to have the opportunity to exhibit student work in an art gallery! Inly students recently participated in the Art Forum art opening, held on May 5, at the South Shore Art Center, in Cohasset. The artwork on display was created by sixth through eight grade students in [...]

By Liam Detwiler, Inly School ‘07, Boston College High School ‘11
Adapting to a high school from a tightly knit Montessori community may seem like a daunting obstacle. However, the change from an eighth grade class size in the teens to one of approximately 350 students at BC High was not a difficult adjustment. Socially, Inly [...]

By Stephen Jenvey, Inly Parent and Trustee
As Kilgore states with gusto in the 1979 war classic, Apocalypse Now, “I love the smell of napalm in the morning.”  So it was for myself and the dedicated Team Middle School (Julie, Paran, and Tschol) as we opened the door of the science lab and stepped into the [...]