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Adventures in Middle School

by Colin Martin
Head of Middle School
Chatsworth Hills Academy
Chatsworth, California
Originally Published in News from the Top of the Hill, February 2008
I walked into Mr. Miller’s class the other day to see students in various and colorful costumes and with multiple and impressive props performing plays they had created. I couldn’t get in the door of Mrs. […]

Student Portfolios

by Christina Simonds
Head of Lower School
Chatsworth Hills Academy
Chatsworth, California
Originally Published in News from the Top of the Hill, October 2007
Whether you walk up the hill to visit our classrooms (grades 1, 2, 3, 4), or head even further up the hill to our kindergarten classrooms, the same sight will greet you, namely, students fully engaged […]