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Boys lacrosse wins district championship
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John Vaida's Farewell Concert
"Space play" by kindergarten
Second Grade Art Show
Walk for Water 2022
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"Impossible Made Possible" by third grade
Sem Dance Marathon 2022
"The Lion King Jr." at the Lower School
Opening Night, "Footloose" at the KCCA
Lower School students play the ukulele
January 2022 Wrestling Weekend
Kindergarten Flight to Australia
"Nutcracker Sweets" rehearsal and concert
Opening Night: Nelson Bell Tower STEAM Maker Challenge Exhibit
First grade trip to Roba's
Pumpkin Painting on the Back Campus
Science Research Group, 25th Anniversary
First Day of LEGO Robotics Learning
Back to School 2021 — Complete Collection
Johnny Appleseed Day for kindergarten
Football season opener against the Peddie School
First Day of School, 2021
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7th/8th grade co-ed soccer practice
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Upper School Commencement 2021
Fourth Grade Chalk Art Fun
2021 Open House
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Lower School Dolphin Quest
Boys lacrosse and softball practice
LEGO Day in Sordoni Library
2020-21 Girls Basketball Senior Night
Lower School Valentine's Day 2021
Kindergarten studies Australia
STEAM Virtual Event
Cinti and Johns signing day
Upper School Tree Planting
Fall Dude.Be Nice event
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First Day of School 2020
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Summer Explorations Week 1
Lower School Sem Pride Day
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Wrestling teams win 2020 National Championships
Roaring 20s Day in eighth grade
Schoolhouse Rock at Lower School
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Round Square in Peru
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Accepted Students Day 2019
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Fire Inside Photo Exhibit
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Reading to help feed others
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Australian Olympics in Kindergarten
Radical Readers, Puzzle Month
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French students visit Lower School
First Grade Fish Tales play
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Frida Kahlo stories in second grade
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Preschool Easter Egg Hunt
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White Team service project
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Lower School Ice Cream Surprise
Fourth grade visits Quiet Valley Farm
Lower School Sidewalk Chalk Poetry
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3-D Eiffel Tower Puzzle
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Third-grade Egyptian project
Lower School First Day of 2019-20!
Camp Orchard Hill Retreat for new students
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Lower School WEBS 2019
Second grade studies in Gover Garden
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Nat Geo interview in fifth grade
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Lower School Maker Space Monday
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Of Mice and Mozart 2019
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Lower School Players present "Aesop's Fables"
Fourth Grade and Wilkes University Book Project
Pre-K Thanksgiving Opera
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Sem Goes Shopping 2019
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Second Grade studies bird and animal bones
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2019 Hour of Code at Lower School
LEGO Holiday Village
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Fourth Grade Metric Measurement
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Dude.Be Nice Week 2020
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Australian Animals visit Kindergarten
Outback Olympics
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Beyond Hour of Code at Lower School
Jessie Hooker-Bailey '06 live at KCCA
First Grade Fish Tales musical
Second grade studies vision and taste
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175th Anniversary Gala Dinner Dance
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