Hamilton Hub
Created by The Hamilton Institute for The Hamilton Community
This is a central hub for all things that Hamilton families may need during the transition back to school. Click on the menu (three horizontal lines in the top left of this page) to see the various resources compiled on this site.
Check out this video, welcoming back our Middle School students. Click the image below for the link.
Check out this back to school video, featuring LS homeroom teachers and a few other familiar faces. Click the image below for the link.
Tune in Friday (8/28) at 8 ET / 5 PT as Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity Co-Director Sally Shaywitz discusses the second edition of Overcoming Dyslexia and some of the exciting findings that are of benefit and great interest for those who care about dyslexia.
Sally will discuss the latest edition of her award-winning book, answering your pre-submitted questions while exploring insights and tips that will help parents & educators navigate this new back-to-school environment.
Fun, foodie, family activity for a good cause!
Hamilton alum, Hannah Stowe, who participated on the Food Network's "Chopped Junior" has teamed up with another Rhode Island native and Chopped contestant, Eli Dunn (owner of Eli's Kitchen in Warren). The two have joined forces with the Rhode Island Food Bank to reach out to RI children and raise awareness about food insecurity in the Ocean State. Click the photo to learn more about this fun, family activity for a good cause!
Arts & Crafts!
Check out this instructional video and then make a friendship bracelet!
Deadline extended for Hamilton Design Contest!
Everett Smith, a former Hamilton student and Wheeler 2019 graduate, founded Skuul Fashion. The company, pronounced “school,” is a line of clothing designed to spread the word about dyslexia. Everett encourages you to express your creativity, show your pride about being a member of the Hamilton community, and send a positive message about learning differences!
CLICK THE PHOTO TO LEARN ABOUT EVERETT AND THIS PROJECT!
Directions for the contest can be found here. The stencil for the design contest can be found here.
Announcing... Polaris, the new academic support program in 9th grade
Polaris: For High School Students with Dyslexia
Polaris is the name of the North Star, a tool for navigation and a symbol of finding direction. During what could be a turbulent time on your educational path, Polaris offers guidance as an academic support program for bright, qualified high school students with learning differences. Click here to learn more on the Wheeler website.
Fourth Grade Had a Terrific (virtual!) Battle of the Books... Here's a recap from our librarian, Ms. Strachan!
On Thursday, May 28th, the fourth grade Wheeler/Hamilton students participated in our 31st annual Battle of the Books. Many of you know that this reading incentive program is designed to get kids to read widely and get them excited about reading. It is one of the highlights of the spring for the fourth grade. The kids read from a list of 30 books chosen by the librarians at Gordon, Lincoln, St. Michaels and Wheeler/Hamilton. At the Battle, they answer quiz-show style questions about the books in front of an audience of families and teachers. Once we moved to online learning, we knew we had to find a way to keep the tradition alive, but in a different format.
The team of librarians made some changes to make the event successful. We gave the kids an extra month to prepare and created excitement for the event by asking the students to suggest team names. The librarians picked the team names out of a hat and announced them via video conference before the event. We also created some activities to build excitement for the Battle. We held a dress like your favorite Battle Character day and had the kids create posters to hype up the event.
On the day of the event, every school gave each of its four teams the same list of 30 questions. The kids worked in groups online to come up with the answers. When they finished those questions each team got to choose their bonus question, a tricky two-part question. Finally, the teams viewed a video of an object that represented a book. That question was worth a whopping 20 points.
The librarians tallied the scores from all four schools to determine a winner. The Battle Peeps won the event with 217 points. The Perilous Perusers were a close second with 213 points. We are so proud of our 4th graders who approached the day enthusiastically and worked together to answer some challenging questions. It made for a fun and memorable Battle of the Books for all!
Interactive Map of The Wheeler Farm
Created by The Hamilton Institute at Wheeler, this interactive map features animal photography from trail cameras and historical photos from the Wheeler archives. Click the image for a link to the map.
Rhode Island Tutorial, usually housed in Hamilton, has announced that summer academic programs will be held virtually. Registration will be opened soon and spaces, which are very limited, will fill quickly.
Check out the hard work of graduating Wheeler artists at their Senior Art Show!
Third Grade Wax Museum
Click the photo to be taken to the Flipgrid for Ms. Healey's class. Password: 005Maryc
Virtual FIELD DAY!
Will be held on Friday, May 29. Wear Purple and Gold that day!
Special Delivery!
On Monday morning, while teachers had a professional day, a group from the Hamilton and LS communities delivered (near and far) a surprise gift... Rebelle Bagels!
