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What If?
Written by: Mrs. Kamille L. Dawson Middle School Science/Math Teacher Bonjour!!! I am back with the last update from Middle School Science for this school year! For our last venture, we did a...
PBL in the Second-Language Classroom
Project-based learning (PBL) supports research about learning, research about student motivation, and even PNA’s mission. When students complete a PBL project, they feel pride and a sense of...
“I found I could say words with colors and shapes that I could not say any other way – things I had no words for.” Georgia O’Keeffe
Isn't that what we have been doing all year in art? Finding a way to express what isn't easy to find words for. The answer could be themselves. Students’ inner souls, and their creativity, came out...
Un-Fore-Gettable Experiences
When placed in the hands of our fourth-grade students, mini-golf was reinvented. It was no longer just a fun activity but an opportunity to design and build their own mini-golf courses. What began...
Hawaii Spring Trip
By Pete Johnson- Middle School Language Arts and Social Studies Teacher Spring trips are a long-standing tradition at PNA. Although these trips are often to beautiful places, they are highly...