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Meditation Practices Help Students Remember Who They Are
Four years ago, Hackley English Department Chair Dr. Richard Robinson began starting every class with a breathing meditation exercise. At first, he says, it was an experiment for his 10th-12th graders. “I wanted to see what would happen. They’d come into the classroom with their brains full of so much stuff — in a way […]
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How Problem-Solving and Cooperation Foster Competition
At Montgomery School, physical education classes are designed to build important life skills. Physical Education teacher, Ryan Naylor, enjoys challenging students to collaborate, communicate, and think creatively and critically, all while having lots of fun! He created a form of “Frogger” that requires students to use strategic thinking skills as they dart across the gym […]
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Put on Your Math Goggles! Showcasing the Accomplishments of Mathematicians
Fifth grade students at All Saints’ Episcopal School recently donned their math goggles and engaged in a biographical exploration of famous mathematicians. The goal of this project was to help fifth graders appreciate mathematics more deeply, and understand how society has been touched by the contributions of people who have dedicated their lives to the […]
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Students Plant Seeds, Grow Empathy, Care for Others Through Community Service
Throughout the year, students at The Bright School bring canned goods, donate change, and harvest produce from their on-campus garden to give to a local food pantry that helps those in need in the community. The youngest students plant and harvest vegetables in the Early Childhood Gardens, designated last year as the first Katie’s Krops […]
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Mission Possible: "Escape the Room" Comes To The Middle School
Popular with gamers and Wall Streeters alike, “Escape the Room” is a physical adventure challenge in which players solve a series of puzzles using a variety of problem-solving skills and strategies. Think Mission Impossible in a very cool space. This year, the 8th grade is piloting a boxed version of the game to give students […]
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#GRA17 – Making Connections Through Reading
Author and teacher Pernille Ripp had the idea for the Global Read Aloud in 2010. In its first year, 150 students read “The Little Prince” out loud through 60 different facilitators. The project has grown dramatically since its beginning, now including over one million students across the world. This is the first year Oakhill has […]
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Students Hone Leadership, Collaborative Skills in Challenging “Call to Adventure”
For about one-third of every school year, participants in the “Call to Adventure” Affinity Group at South Kent School challenge themselves and develop strong leadership skills through activities such as making small cliff/waterfall jumps, navigating caves, and climbing mountains. One example occurs each spring, when a group of 11th, 12th, and post-graduate students aims for […]
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Connecting People and Place—with Purpose
Connecting students to their local environment and community is an effective way to infuse learning with immediacy, relevance, and an expanded sense of possibility. Experiential learning weeks—or “spring intensives”—that help our freshman and sophomore classes take advantage of all that the city of St. Louis has to offer are the most recent examples of such […]
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Career Pathways Excites Middle School Students About Their Future
Sixth graders gazed into their future thanks to the debut of a new Career Pathways event at Seven Hills. This “career day” style event began as a way for parents to volunteer their time by sharing professional expertise, and to give students a broader sense of how they might turn their interests, skills, and passions […]
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International Day of the Girl Film Fest
The Girls’ School of Austin celebrated International Day of the Girl with a Day of the Girl Film Fest on October 11th, 2017. Students watched movies staring inspirational women and characters including “Moana”, “Makers: Women in Space”, and “Miss Representation”.
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Celebrating International Day of the Girl Around the World
In celebration of the International Day of the Girl, Columbus School for Girls middle school students hosted Google hangouts throughout the day (October 11) to connect classrooms of girls around the world on the topic of GIRLS! Twenty-one schools participated in six different chats, representing 12 U.S. states and 4 Canadian provinces. Sessions offered students […]
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Old Trail School Students Send Donations to Houston
Students in Old Trail School’s Trail to Service middle school elective class led a community-wide collection of supplies for children impacted by Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas in late August. Donations including school supplies, bottled water, paper products, clothing and more will be put to good use by the Houston Children’s Charity, a non-profit organization […]