7th Grade Boys Soccer Season Comes To A Close

The seventh grade boys soccer season ended this week. The team finished with an impressive record of ten wins, one loss, and two ties. Highlights of the season included defeating rival Parker twice, defeating Latin at home, tough wins over talented North Shore Country Day and Lake Forest Country Day teams, and a big victory in their rematch at Elgin against the only team to defeat them. The boys worked hard all season and should be proud of what they accomplished. Here are some photos from the year:

The team working hard at conditioning during the last week of summer


Henry and Leo on the bus


The team hanging out on the Montrose turf field



Brownie and James get pumped for the cold weather


The team celebrates a cold, wet win with a cup of hot chocolate

Dunes Day!

On Monday, October 5th, the entire seventh grade headed to the Indiana dunes to conduct scientific experiments and learn about the concept of succession. The class arrived to find a beautiful early autumn day, with crisp blue skies and warm sun above. The students focused on specific areas of the dunes such as the beach, the cottonwoods, the pine forest, and the hardwoods forest, taking various measurements that they will bring back to their science classes to interpret. In between experiments they found time to chase lizards, toss footballs, and in general have a wonderful afternoon. Here are some pictures from the day (there's also a new picture of my advisory on my homepage):


The grade heading to the beach



Ms. Jacobs assisting with measurements



The path from the beach to the cottonwoods




The entire dunes (plus Carl!)