This week we are searching the galaxy of ideas to writing topics. Using the T-Chart brainstorming strategy, students are searching the galaxy of their minds for their likes/dislikes, typical events/unusual events, and more to create lists of ideas that could later be...

As a class, we are well on our way into some serious research on the planets of our solar system. Using Pages, Google as our search engine, and many bells and whistles to spice up our findings and visuals, the students are learning the most interesting interstellar...

This week in Math class we discussed ways to count large bodies of objects like all the stars in our galaxy.  We overlapped it with large bodies of water and volume.  The students are working on trusting me and their fellow classmates and gaining the confidence to...

This week, students are being introduced to the LiveScribe Pen, an amazingly liberating note-taking device that this instructor believes might have helped produced more doctors, lawyers, mathematicians and such, had it been around longer than it has. Students were...

All groups covered safety of construction and during launch.  We inventoried the parts of the model rockets we will build.  We carefully selected the launch location and will begin construction during the next Rocketing session.  The Model rockets will launch over...

Hollywood, here we come! On Monday, we joined the audience of an exhilarating TEDxHollywood presentation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uB9xzYL1DU), listening to and playing along with Doug Manuel as he explained and demonstrated the appeal and power of the djembe...

Students just finished an introduction of the earliest and latest photographs of human history. Discussion led to what makes a moving or interesting photo. We talked about composition, subject matter, lighting, storytelling within a photo, contrast, starkness, etc.,...

Week 2 July 4th Celebration: Cedar Lake BBQ Fireworks July 6 - 8: Camping & Holiday World Trip July 9: SIU Astronomy SAVE THE DATE July 21 Summer Blast 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Brehm Campus ***All family members are invited to attend*** More details to...

Hello Summer Family, Brehms Summer Scenarios 2017: “Citizens of the Galaxy” is in full swing and we have already had a busy week! It always takes a few days for campers to start adjusting to schedules, catching up on sleep, and feeling comfortable with staff and...

Late morning on April 26th, 2017, a small colony of bees took up residence in a small Magnolia tree at Brehm Preparatory School. Luckily, we happen to know a number of local beekeepers and one of them had a new hive on hand and was able to come out to help us relocate them. This also gave us some time to talk with the students about the importance of bees and the role they play in local ecosystems.