Class 7-8 Mandarin Class Calligraphy

This year’s students are the first to experience Mandarin as a foreign language class at Ashwood. This subject is a pilot program for us, and so far students are loving the language as well as the artistic work involved.

Class 7-8 Sistine Chapel Exercise

To complement their studies of the Italian Renaissance, Class 7-8 is getting a feel for what it was like for Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Their assignment: to draw a detail of “God Creating Adam” on a piece of paper taped to the...

Class 7-8 Fan Filter Boxes

Class 7-8 participated in a very local community service project this week—building new filter boxes for the fans that help keep Ashwood’s indoor air cleaner. 

Class 3-4 Agricultural Arts

Class 3-4 visited Erickson Fields Preserve for their Agricultural Arts class with Ms. Swan. They harvested 400 pounds of potatoes and pulled in all of the rest of the green and occasional red peppers.

Class 3-4 Field Trip to Mook Sea Farm

Class 3 – 4’s first block of the year was Maine geography, history, and industries. Lessons were enriched with field trips to explore and view Maine geography, discover Maine’s rich history, and witness some of Maine’s major industries in action!