The Blog
![A Visit From the Founding Family]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1698743397/stevenscoop/f92mtpuanqakf8plwa28/OctMiniScoop-7.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1698743397/stevenscoop/f92mtpuanqakf8plwa28/OctMiniScoop-7.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1698743397/stevenscoop/f92mtpuanqakf8plwa28/OctMiniScoop-7.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1698743397/stevenscoop/f92mtpuanqakf8plwa28/OctMiniScoop-7.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1698743397/stevenscoop/f92mtpuanqakf8plwa28/OctMiniScoop-7.jpg","width":1280}])
In October, we were beyond honored to welcome back to Stevens the family of our founder, Mary S. Baker, 75 years after she opened the school.
![Origin Stories]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1698743398/stevenscoop/wxfrmymaidjh4vfbz0jz/OctMiniScoop-16.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1698743398/stevenscoop/wxfrmymaidjh4vfbz0jz/OctMiniScoop-16.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1698743398/stevenscoop/wxfrmymaidjh4vfbz0jz/OctMiniScoop-16.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1698743398/stevenscoop/wxfrmymaidjh4vfbz0jz/OctMiniScoop-16.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1698743398/stevenscoop/wxfrmymaidjh4vfbz0jz/OctMiniScoop-16.jpg","width":1280}])
In recent years, 8th graders have traveled to Savannah, Georgia and Baltimore, Maryland with NOBIS Project, a nonprofit focused on service-learning, social justice-based overnight trips for students
![Art in Motion]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1698743397/stevenscoop/kt8hjoebqgodnmwtxgmi/OctMiniScoop-8.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1698743397/stevenscoop/kt8hjoebqgodnmwtxgmi/OctMiniScoop-8.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1698743397/stevenscoop/kt8hjoebqgodnmwtxgmi/OctMiniScoop-8.jpg","width":769}])
The work of artist Keith Haring has long served as inspiration for Stevens students, and this year 2nd graders used "We The Youth," his famous 1987 mural, as a foundation for their study of how different artists depict movement.
![Let's Give 'Em Pumpkin to Talk About]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1698743399/stevenscoop/asarvuzhrnkypglhhp2s/OctMiniScoop-18.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1698743399/stevenscoop/asarvuzhrnkypglhhp2s/OctMiniScoop-18.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1698743399/stevenscoop/asarvuzhrnkypglhhp2s/OctMiniScoop-18.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1698743399/stevenscoop/asarvuzhrnkypglhhp2s/OctMiniScoop-18.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1698743399/stevenscoop/asarvuzhrnkypglhhp2s/OctMiniScoop-18.jpg","width":1280}])
Interdisciplinary exploration in our Early Childhood classrooms often begins with a single object. Since it's autumn, it's only fitting that the current object of study is a pumpkin!
![Embracing Our New Mission]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1696613575/stevenscoop/hnjnb7twiuigbei5kxal/MiniScoopBlog-8.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1696613575/stevenscoop/hnjnb7twiuigbei5kxal/MiniScoopBlog-8.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1696613575/stevenscoop/hnjnb7twiuigbei5kxal/MiniScoopBlog-8.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1696613575/stevenscoop/hnjnb7twiuigbei5kxal/MiniScoopBlog-8.jpg","width":977}])
Students returned to Stevens this year with a new mission: Use their curiosity, compassion and confidence to think deeply, act ethically and lead by example.
![Middle Schoolers Make for the Woods]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1696613576/stevenscoop/kgrr2ksfdvaditmz2z1o/MiniScoopBlog-15.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1696613576/stevenscoop/kgrr2ksfdvaditmz2z1o/MiniScoopBlog-15.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1696613576/stevenscoop/kgrr2ksfdvaditmz2z1o/MiniScoopBlog-15.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1696613576/stevenscoop/kgrr2ksfdvaditmz2z1o/MiniScoopBlog-15.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1696613576/stevenscoop/kgrr2ksfdvaditmz2z1o/MiniScoopBlog-15.jpg","width":1280}])
The initial weeks of school are an exciting time for middle schoolers, who venture far from the classroom on a series of outdoor adventures designed to build camaraderie and community. Not to mention a whole lot of fun in the wilderness