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Utah 7th Graders Help Plan the Park City of Tomorrow
After PCDS 7th graders’ participation in the Future Cities Competition this winter, they saw an opportunity to partner with a local non profit to engage the local community in thinking about planning for Park City’s own future. The Future Cities competition challenges students nationwide to consider planning for our future: transportation, waste management, water/land use, […]
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Middle School “Strangers” Become Friends in Global Exchange
November is a particularly busy time at Asia Pacific International School (APIS), whose mission is to educate “students who are able to bridge the gap between the East and the West, and are ready to welcome the challenges of the New Pacific Century.” That’s when their co-ed boarding school campus in Hauula, Hawaii, joyfully welcomes […]
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Long-Established Exchange Program Lets Students Explore Varied Cultures, Develop New Perspectives
Every spring for the last 20 years, Oak Hill School teacher Armando Morales escorts a group of 10-15 Spanish language students (grades 7-12) to his hometown of Guanajuato, Mexico, in the heart of the Sierra Madre. They’re welcomed into local families and, with their new Mexican brothers and sisters, go to the same middle school—Benito […]
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Kent School First Grade Students Write Persuasively
Cheryl Plummer, First Grade teacher at Kent School in Chestertown, MD incorporated many teaching methods and learning opportunities into a request for a new classroom rug. Students wrote persuasive arguments using their weekly vocabulary words. They determined how large the new rug should to accommodate next year’s class by conducting interviews with the Admission Office. […]
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Stoneleigh-Burnham Excels in Destination Imagination
Stoneleigh-Burnham’s Destination Imagination team has qualified for the Global Finals. Destination Imagination is a nonprofit that encourages groups of students to work together to learn about the creative process. They choose a topic of interest based on science, technology, engineering, fine arts, and improvisation, and then work together to develop a skit that fits all […]
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Student Inspired City Planning
One of the benefits of being nestled in a city full of growth and development is that the students of Oakhill Day School can use the community improvements as a true to life social studies lesson in urban planning. The Oakhill Eighth Grade City Planning Project uses fundamental project-based learning ideas that include investigation and […]
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“The Woman in Gold” Offers a Golden Learning Opportunity in Collaboration
“Once the past has been put to right, we will not have come here in vain…We should be reunited with what is rightfully ours.” These are the powerful words of Maria Altman, a woman whose story we become well-acquainted with in my Spanish IV Honors and Spanish IV Regular classes. Altman was an ordinary citizen […]
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4 Ways to Bring STEAM to Life with Elementary Students
At Milton Hershey School, our STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) curriculum is a major part of students’ education beginning in elementary school. In our dynamic Innovation Lab designed for first through fourth-graders, students complete interactive activities that revolve around science, technology, computer programming, art, and robotics. With introductions to design thinking, coding, engineering, […]
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Milton Hershey School Students Use Technology to Enhance Educational Experience
Milton Hershey School has developed an Educational Technology Plan with the foundation of creating student-centered learning environments that are rich in problem-solving, critical thinking and creativity. Your child’s learning experience will be enhanced through the use of technology throughout his or her career at Milton Hershey School. In an ongoing effort to ensure our students […]
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Milton Hershey School Students Attend Global Summit in Peru
A group of 25 Milton Hershey School high school students and four staff members recently returned from a 9-day international trip to Peru where they attended a Global Leadership Summit on Global Citizenship, organized by Education First. The two-day leadership summit gave students the opportunity to hear from world-renowned speakers, attend educational workshops, collaborate with […]
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White Shirt Project
Eighth graders presented their highly anticipated White Shirt Projects to a full house Thursday evening. Students chose an array of different contemporary artists, and their work explored themes ranging from Civil Rights to their journey at GUS–where they had been and where they hoped to go in the future. “I am always in awe of […]
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Why Mindfulness Matters in Education
Research has proven that practicing mindfulness-based meditation and yoga in the classroom improves students’ focused attention and self-awareness, which contribute to academic success. Mindfulness-based practices also offer measurable health benefits and can reduce anxiety and depression. These valuable activities have become part of the daily routine in the second grade at Glen Urquhart School. Every […]