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Thank you everyone who volunteered for Career Day at The Museum School! Students enjoyed hearing from such a wide variety of professionals! Check out the Career Day Photo Gallery.
In a winter full of exploration, our middle school students have been making scientific discoveries, relating math lessons to everyday life and uncovering the history of our own nation as well as others around the world. Digging into geography, they studied plate tectonics and fossils, rocks and Earth layers. They put evolution into action in…
TMS is organizing another school-wide “On the Same Page” program like we did in conjunction with Little Shop of Stories in the fall. Our themes this winter and spring are kindness and diversity. Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson Kindergarten through second grade selection This unforgettable book is written and illustrated by the award-winning team that created…
These past weeks in STEM, students in grades 3,4,and 5 are researching a famous STEM figure and presenting to their classes. The mini-biography includes facts about the person, a famous quote from this person, and what areas of STEM they contributed to. Students researched within groups or individually and gathered information from books and online…
Dear Parents and TMS Community, This evening during its regularly scheduled public Business Meeting, the DeKalb County School Board of Education voted to approve our charter renewal petition. Tonight’s vote was the first, and a highly critical step, in gaining full approval for our school to receive another five-year charter contract. We are delighted to…
Katherine Applegate Friday, November 11 We are so excited to announce that our school has been chosen to host Katherine Applegate, the author of The One and Only Ivan on November 11th! Be sure and read this fabulous book if you haven’t already! Ms. Applegate will hopefully have time to sign your copies of The…
The Museum School of Avondale Estates has been named a recipient of the 2016 Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities. The school joined 12 other state-wide honorees for an awards ceremony at the State Capitol on October 5, 2016. The Governor’s Award for Arts and Humanities is presented by the Office of the Governor…
Learning expeditions are well underway at The Museum School! Recently, our first grade explorers visited the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia. Unit 1 dives deep into “A Day in the Life of a Scientist”, and the Magnet Mania program at Tellus fits perfectly into the curriculum. Museum Liason Teresa Chiofalo shares some wonderful feedback regarding this…