May 10, 2012 This is the time of year when kids are counting down the days and teachers are wishing for just few more days to get everything done. We want to bring the current school year to a strong close and also set plans for the next school year. Meanwhile, spring is a high [...]

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Project Based Learning Showcase: The Immigrant Experience Excitement gripped the room as thirty-four student-actors--workers, inventors, artists, and entrepreneurs--prepared to take the stage. Just hours before, students completed final preparations to transform Cabot School’s Performing Arts Center (CSPAC) into New York City at the turn of the Twentieth century. For middle schoolers, this was the culmination [...]

Watching families and children skating on the rink just outside the school's front door has been a source of delight for me all winter. I asked Libby Hale of the Town Recreation Department to contribute this article. KWS Winter started slowly this year so there was plenty of time to contemplate the location and potential [...]