School News

Upper Elementary: Outside the Classroom

April 11, 2019

One of the most exciting, and anticipated, student experiences that has been with Quest from (almost) the beginning, is the New York City capstone study for our sixth year students in Upper Elementary. Over the course of the year, students learn about the inhabitants of the island of Manhattan from the Lenape Indians, through modern […]

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Two Middle School Students Awarded In State Writing Competition

April 9, 2019

This past Sunday I had the privilege of sitting in a serene gallery at the Newport Art Museum to see two of our 7th graders recognized for their writing. Isabel Blair and Delia Tanzi-Buchman were each awarded a Notable Mention for short stories they submitted to Write Rhode Island‘s annual state-wide short fiction competition for […]

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Quest Hosts Acclaimed Cellist For Student Experience

April 1, 2019

The music program at Quest celebrated a culminating event last week with support from renowned ‘cellist and Director of Music at American University in Washington, D.C., Nancy Jo Snider. Ms. Snider spent three days at Quest capping off a music composition project that students had been working on with their music teacher, Antonio Forte. Antonio […]

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Middle School Math & Greenhouse

March 28, 2019

The goal of the Middle School math curriculum is to develop sound critical thinking and problem solving skills while preparing students to transition into a more traditional high school level math program. Students are presented with lessons appropriate with their ability beginning with pre-algebra and covering topics up through and beyond Algebra 1 curriculum. Middle […]

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