The American Math Competitions (AMC) tests for freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors will be given on Tuesday morning, February 7, 2017, at Barstow. Interested students should sign up with their math teachers by Friday, January 6.
Learning empathy—the ability to understand and share another’s feelings—is part of Barstow’s curriculum. Grade 7 students practice it during the fall field trip to Heifer International, read about it in literature, and incorporate it in writing assignments and classroom discussions.
Barstow debate teams continued a winning tradition in December, raising the total number of trophies earned to more than 100 during the first semester of the 2016-2017 school year.
School is out for the day, but a group of energized lower school students still has work to do in Mindy Roper’s grade 4 classroom. They are members of the lower school student council—and in two days, they’ll preside over Friday Forum, a monthly assembly for students in Pre-Kindergarten through grade 5.