Increase Miller’s annual third-grade balloon parade is inspired by “Balloons Over Broadway” by Melissa Sweet, the nonfiction picture book about Tony Sarg, the puppeteer who invent...
First graders were bursting with excitement! They walked into the school assembly, glanced towards their fourth-grade buddy classes who were already seated and, with little waves ...
Bonds of love crisscrossed Increase Miller Elementary’s cafeteria this morning. The room was packed with parents and other important people, all gathered to enjoy the first grade ...
While students had the day off on Tuesday, teachers and staff spent a productive Professional Learning Day discussing elementary math priority standards, exploring project based l...
Stella and Penny estimated there’d be 100 seeds in their pumpkin. To their surprise, when they carved it open, they counted 465 seeds! Grace thought her pumpkin would be 12 inches...
Pairs of kindergarteners eagerly fist bumped. Others waved to each other. Some young students even did high fives with fifth graders! There are all sorts of ways to say hello, t...
"Won knight I sore a pear of men buy the see." When Gloria Miller’s fifth graders came in from recess, they found a paragraph riddled with errors displayed on the class screen....
Students learn about cultures around the world—and of their classmates—through picture books, class discussions and the arts. Kindergartens have fun singing “Aayi Diwali” with mus...
The fifth graders pulled carrots that were smaller than their pinkie fingers, and one that was fatter than their wrist! First graders found the celery and picked green and red tom...
It’s a big day in Lina Foncello’s kindergarten class. The students are writing independently, applying what they've learned about sounds and letters to spell new words! “Mat,” th...
Meet some of the student leaders at Increase Miller Elementary! The fifth-grade members of the IMpact for Kids club, advised by teacher Bebhinn Fahy, meet with Principal Kerry For...
The season opener at Katonah-Lewisboro Schools was full of good feelings. Superintendent Ray Blanch led the team-building pep rally for all the employees of Katonah-Lewisboro Sch...
Welcome to the Cardboard Carnival, an annual extravaganza created by Increase Miller Elementary’s fourth graders for the school’s kindergarteners out of spent paper towel rolls, c...
Parents began bouncing babies on their knees and siblings started swinging their feet … it was hard not to, when a third-grade recorder ensemble at Increase Miller Elementary bega...
“I found mine!” As each class toured the Increase Miller Elementary Art show, exclamations of excitement were heard as students discovered their artwork displayed on tables, hang...
"I am Moana of Motunui. You will board my boat, sail across the sea, and restore the heart of Te Fiti." Moana’s beautiful story of courage, resilience and the importance of embrac...
Kindergarteners prepare for precipitation. Third graders ponder penguins molting and elephant matriarchs. Fifth graders consider the concept of entitled in relation to the First A...
The fourth-grade wing of Increase Miller was bursting with excitement and inquiry! More than 20 high school students were visiting, and they brought models of the energy efficient...
“I’m really glad we’re doing this,” said one of the parents to Superintendent Raymond Blanch. “We’re feeling heard.” Others around the table nodded. Feedback like this drove home...