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    Street Art Class Explores "Tagging"

    Our middle school elective on Street Art started off with a history and survey of graffiti, street art and public art. Students took a...
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    Seeing The Thorne Rooms Through a Magical Lens!

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    6th Graders Confront Theories and Realities of War As a Project Topic

    The Einsteinium Tungsten class has voted to make “war” the topic for their first project of the year. The sixth graders and their...
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