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School-Museum Collaboration Challenges Students to Engage, Empathize, Reflect
A new interdisciplinary and creative partnership between The Washington School for Girls and the Phillips Collection brought a museum experience to life for fourth and sixth graders. During numerous visits to the Collection, they studied artist Jacob Lawrence’s exhibit, “The Migration Series,” along with the works of contemporary African American artists McArther Binion and Whitfield […]
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The Lindy 500: Imagination on Wheels
Some great ideas cruise to glory. Others, well, they can veer off course. At the third annual Lindy 500 kinetic sculpture race at Riverdale Country School, designers put their concepts to the test. A DNA replica propelled by fifth graders in operating scrubs streaked across the field. A pirate ship drew admiration for its craftsmanship […]
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Students at Woodland School Share Advice on Creating Lasting Impact in the World
Students at Woodland School in Portola Valley, California, a preschool through eighth grade school, culminate their final year with a year-long interdisciplinary project known as Capstone. In this video, students explain Capstone and give share advice for other kids interested in creating lasting impact in the world.
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STEAM/Maker Program Inspires Creativity, Award-Winning Projects
A weekly in-depth STEAM/Maker program at The Spring Hill School lets all students in grades 1-6 deep-dive into activities that help them get creative while honing their science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills. Over the past two years, they’ve produced award-winning projects recognized across the Bay Area. Two Spring Hill parents — Diana Planson, […]
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Connecting with Nepalese Students
Grade 4 students worked with children in Early Childhood Program (ECP) classes today to create Dal Bhat, a staple food and national dish of Nepal. The dish is made from steamed rice and a cooked lentil soup. Students are also creating create food flash cards to send with two of our teachers who will travel […]
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Freshmen Entrepreneurship Flourishes
A new Entrepreneurship class for Principia Upper School freshmen has unleashed a spirit of innovation. In this semester-long class, students identify and set up both for-profit and social enterprises—while developing a range of skills that will benefit them in all areas of life, not just in business. “Writing and developing other communication skills are essential […]
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Bolles First High School in Southeast to Acquire Anatomage Table
The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida is now one of just three private high schools in the world – and the only high school in the Southeast – to own an Anatomage table. The highly advanced human dissection table and anatomy visualization system is typically – if not exclusively – seen in hospital or university […]
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Why We Implemented Singapore Math in the Lower School
Ranney School integrated Math in Focus, a Singapore-math based approach, in its Lower School in 2015-16. Just two years later, after nearly 500 years of teaching training, we are seeing amazing results.
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Put on Your Math Goggles: Exploring Geometry and Graphing in the Art of Paul Klee
Kindergarten students at All Saints’ Episcopal School recently donned their math goggles and engaged in a geometry and graphing exploration using the visual arts as a lens. Students learned about the Swiss-German painter, Paul Klee (1879-1940), and used his “Castle and Sun” (1928) as a springboard to exploring a variety of mathematics. Using 2D die-cut […]
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Students at Woodland School in Portola Valley, CA Standup Against Bullying
Together, with their teachers, Woodland School students signed a pledge to be “upstanders,” not bystanders. When a local school experienced a bomb threat, they chose to stand up and speak out against this and other types of bullying. Will you join them?
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An Inquiry-Based Election Study
Understanding that civic literacy has value long before one turns 18, Trevor holds a mascot election every four years to teach students about the electoral process in a highly tangible format. This year, the children were introduced to two candidates and provided a wealth of information on topics including campaigning and the electoral college. From […]
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Walking in Another’s Shoes Helps Middle Schoolers Grow
This year, seventh and eighth graders in Eton School’s Language Arts/Social Studies program spent several months studying Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, examining central questions such as what factors influence our moral growth and what kinds of experiences help us judge right from wrong. The class explored concepts such as “universe of obligation” and […]