Our students, parents and alumni raked leaves for senior citizens on Halloween. Their efforts help make it possible for these seniors to stay in their homes.
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Leaf Raking 2015
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Middle School Spelling Bee
Our Middle Schoolers waged a war of words last Wednesday. First place went to James Clinton (8), second place to Ishan Nadkarni (7) and third place to Diego Jennings (5). Congratulations!
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Seniors Brenneman and Scobee sign letters of intent
Jenna Brenneman and Sydney Scobee signed letters of intent on Wednesday. Brenneman will attend Clarkson University and Scobee University of Vermont. Congratulations!
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Breck Scares Hunger: The Celebration
The celebration chapel for our Breck Scares Hunger food collection — an amazing 11,045 pounds — involved pies-in-faces for our Deans. AND, MS Director Sky Fauver jumped into one of the Breck ponds (video to come). US Director Tom Taylor was called away but is NOT getting out of having his head shaved! Breck students rose to the challenge of collecting 10,000 pounds of food and were generously rewarded for their efforts. We all won!
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Bre Thorne signs letter of intent
Today senior swimmer Bre Thorne signed her letter of intent to attend Vanderbilt University. Congratulations!
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Tom Turkey visits Preschool
Tom Turkey swooped in to visit our preschoolers today. Tom had a LOT of spunk and made some noise for us! We learned about his anatomy and watched his caruncles change from red to blue to white.
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Biobuddies: Kindergartners and Eighth Graders together
One of the intergenerational programs at Breck is the biobuddy program, where eighth graders meet monthly with their kindergarten buddies and the track the growth of the younger student. This meeting involved tracing the outline of the kindergartner's body, drawing the skeleton inside the body outline. More work on this body double will take place in future meetings.
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Grandparents' Day 2015
Breck welcomes grandparents and special friends to campus each year on the day before Thanksgiving. It's one of the most special days of the school year and kicks off the holiday season for us all.
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Holocaust Survivor Fred Amram speaks to Eighth Grade
Author and Holocaust survivor Fred Amram spoke to our eighth graders yesterday. He had photos from his childhood in Germany and documents from the era. Amram's family left Germany in 1939 when he was 6 years old.
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Upper School Choir Concert
The Upper School choirs performed in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit on Wednesday night. They were joined mid-concert by faculty & staff singers and they performed a rousing version of Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus." Breckapella and the Breck Bowties sang, and the concert ended with everyone singing the "Carol of the Bells." We are definitely in the holiday mood now!
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Steampunk Dance Concert
Our Middle and Upper School students performed their hearts out in the Cargill Theater on December 11. Such a FUN concert! Thanks to Byron Rice for taking these great photos ...
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Lower School Holiday Celebrations
Hanukkah and Advent were celebrated during the weeks before winter break. Our Lower Schoolers celebrated them both — and sang their hearts out while rehearsing for the LS Holiday Concert on the last Thursday before break.
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Breck + Whole Learning Academy Unified Pep Ralley
Breck hosted students and faculty from the Academy of Whole Learning (AOWL), one of our community partners for unified activities. Unified activities are those that bring together students with and without intellectual disabilities for fun and sports. AOWL is an independent school located in St. Louis Park. It currently has just under 40 students. AOWL and Breck students play together on unified flag football and basketball teams. These photos are from a basketball game at Breck on January 22.
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Raptor Center Visits Preschool
Representatives (including Breck's Judy Moran) from the University of MN's Raptor Center brought four raptors to preschool last week. Our preschoolers have been studying raptors and their knowledge was put to the test. We saw a red-tailed hawk, a peregrene falcon, a great-horned owl and (ta-dah!) a bald eagle. They are all such impressive birds! WARNING: There are photos of birds eating in this gallery. The owl is fed a frozen mouse ...
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WCCO-TV awards Ms. Bennett "Excellent Educator"
First-grade teacher Jenny Bennett was awarded WCCO-TVs "Excellent Educator" award earlier this week. Here are some behind-the-scenes photos. And thanks to student Taylor Shoars for nominating Ms. Bennett!
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MLK Day Chapel and Speaker Tommie Smith
Breck School was honored to have Dr. Tommie Smith speak to Breck students for our MLK Day Symposia on January 20. Smith is the 1968 Olympic runner who set a world record in the 200M, won the gold medal and received world attention when he and bronze medalist John Carlos raised their hands in the “silent gesture” — a human rights salute.
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Plantmobile Visits Second Grade
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First-Grade Buddies with Seniors - Hot cocoa and books
Each year our first-graders and their senior buddies gather in the Salas Commons to read together and drink hot cocoa ... with marshmallows, of course. It's mostly first graders reading to seniors, but some of our seniors LOVE to read aloud, too. We do love our intergenerational relationships at Breck!
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Middle School Percussion Concert: December 2015
The Middle School percussion students of David Birrow performed for their parents and peers before winter break. Their instruments are inventive: 5-gallon pails, PCB pipes, water jugs ... So creative and fun!
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MS Geography Bee
Finalists in the Middle School Geography Bee had so much knowledge (and made so few mistakes) that we ran out of time in our allotted time and had to finish another day. The first photos are from that first session. The last two are of our winners — from the second session. Congratulations to Breck champion Morgan Richter!
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