Wonder is this year's theme for students and faculty at Atrium, and the lessons happening at school right now illustrate how wonder is all around us.

First graders are very busy right now with a project that combines their mathematics and science curricula with hands-on experience: building window boxes. 

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Each of Atrium's students placed in the top 10 in their division in at least one of their events at the Massachusetts Science Olympiad, and even won the school's first gold medal. 

On February 28, Atrium screened the movie Angst for Middle Schoolers and their parents. 

Atrium held its Freedom & Justice Assembly, which celebrates the efforts of the heroes who fight for social justice and equality around the world through song and poetry.

Atrium third graders recently finished a three-week pilot program with Parts and Crafts, a makerspace in Somerville that encourages creativity combined with experimentation. 

Nadlly, an Atrium seventh grader, won first prize in the Crescendo International Music Competition at Carnegie Hall, competing against musicians from across the Northeast as well as Canada, Germany, Korea, Austria, and Russia.

As part of their social justice curriculum, second and third graders spent a day volunteering at Cradles to Crayons in Brighton. 

Rachel Morrison '90 has become the first woman in Oscar history to be nominated for Best Cinematography for her work on Mudbound.

On January 6, Atrium hosted our first-ever Film Festival in celebration of our 35th anniversary. 

Four Atrium teachers–Veena Hari, Mia Bullock, Jaleesa Anselm, and Sydney Holloman-Pressley–recently attended the NAIS People of Color Conference (PoCC) in Anaheim, CA. 

For Atrium teachers, the act of learning is inseparable from the act of teaching. For this reason, Atrium faculty participate in extensive professional development that keeps teachers learning all year long. 

Middle School math teacher Liz Caffrey was among the presenters at the Progressive Education Network (PEN) National Conference, held Oct. 6-7 in Boston.