Quest Seventh Graders Creating Odyssey Artwork

Having finished Beowulf, Mr. Shilhanek’s seventh graders have begun writing their own epics. As the students are working on their epics, they have started art work for the upcoming Odyssey stop-animation project. It promises to be a creative time for these seventh graders. The final…

Quest Basketball Starts Well

The Quest basketball season has official started. The fifth graders lost a narrow fight, but the sixth and seventh grade teams defeated St. Thomas Moore from Elgin. Here are some clips for you to watch. Great job guys. Seventh Grade vs. St. Thomas Moore Fifth…

Jadin’s Grandmother Cooks Tempura for Our Advisory

Jadin’s grandmother was so kind to spend two and a half hours cooking tempura for our advisory first, but eventually she fed all middle school students as well as some faculty. We thank you so much for blessing us your amazing talents. What Is Tempura?

7th Graders Perform to Understand Mood and Tone in Beowulf

Seventh graders at Quest Academy performed and impromptu scene in which Hrothgar and Beowulf exchange their feelings about Grendel’s mother avenging her son’s death at the great Mead Hall. Students focused on vocabulary used in each instance. Note the difference in the author’s use of…

6th Grade Huck Finn Presentations

What a great job the Quest sixth graders did with our Huck Finnprojects. Students could create a plot chart that takes the reader from the exposition through the climax, falling action, and resolution. Students used a JS Timeline to create visuals to accompany the paragraphs….