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PE Challenges Kids: Are You MVPs or MVTs?
Corbett Prep’s Physical Education unit “Teambuilders and Cooperative Activities” guides first and second graders through an investigation of what makes a great teammate. Students face challenges as a class to work together to achieve different goals. Students have opportunities to take leadership roles, strategize, and reflect on what worked and what changes they could make […]
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Refugee Spoken Word Poem – Social Justice Project
Our students live in a world that needs more attention to helping them navigate through a myriad of competencies that should be integrated into the classroom. In order to process equity, inclusion, and social justice, the first step is to help students explore their own identities and ultimately forge a deeper connection with their own […]
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This Is Me: 1st Grade infographics
Our first grade students start the school year with an exploration of self and family by reading the book called This is How We Do It, One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids From Around the World by Mat Lamothe. The author provides a window into the lifestyles and traditions of other children from […]
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The Girls' School of Austin Thanks Frontline Heroes
The Girls’ School of Austin is giving back by thanking frontline heroes in the community. Each student in the GSA’s lower school created a thank you card honoring the work of workers on the frontline during the pandemic. The project was conceived in a way to say thank you and recognize those men and women […]
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Listen Up: A Digital Storytelling project
Watch as Mid-Pacific middle school students, with the help of their teacher, listen to their families and use learned digital storytelling skills to build empathy and share amazing stories of human connection before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mid-Pacific’s middle school program embeds social-emotional learning into academic programming because students develop socially and emotionally at […]
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One Team philosophy at ʻIolani School
Every school has a culture that is unique and special. At ʻIolani School in Honolulu, Hawaii, the One Team ethos is what defines an ʻIolani education. Filmmaker/Alumnus Johnathan Walk ʻ05 and editor of the schoolʻs award-winning magazine, Cathy Lee Chong, worked on this video to share what One Team is all about. The video was […]
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'The Show Must Go On' – The Hill School Presents Its First Virtual Theatrical Performance
While many schools cancelled their theatrical performances due the COVID-19 pandemic, Chris McGriff, director of the Center For The Arts at The Hill School, saw an opportunity to do something that had never been done before at the School – put on a virtual production. McGriff wrote an original play titled “Jury Trial” and offered […]
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School Dog at Home
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, our Lower School teachers were finding it increasingly difficult to explain to some of their students why they could not return to school this year. Using Head of School, Nancy Mugele’s black lab, River, as inspiration, they created this story to share with students.
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Lower School STEM teacher uses 3D printer to help protect medical staff against COVID-19
Lower School STEM Teacher Shannon LoRusso is helping medical personnel by using the school’s 3D printer to make Montana Masks and Face Shields for hospital use. Before Admiral Farragut Academy closed due to coronavirus, she took the 3D printer from the Lower School STEM Lab home and the school provided her materials such as the […]
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Durham E-cademy – Day 1
Durham Academy’s spring break began on March 6. Due to health and safety concerns related to COVID-19, the school decided to suspend on-campus instruction and activities. DA’s 200+ faculty and staff returned from spring break and in 48 hours, launched an online version of DA for 1,227 students in grades Pre-K through 12. The first […]
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Character Through Service: Branch of the Pine at ULS helps critters in Australia
At University Lake School we focus on the following character traits, affectionately referred to as “Branches of the Pine.” Intellectual Curiosity Personal Integrity Original Thinking Character through Service. Some of our Lower School students worked during recess to sew joey pouches. The pouches will be sent to Australia to help animals dislodged due to the […]
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Fifth-graders Tackle Design Challenges
As part of their continuing study of project-based learning, Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School fifth-graders enjoyed an in-house field trip with Georgia Tech for a special program, “Using Universal Design to Engineer a More Inclusive World.” Tech alumna Marnie Harris and current student Trey Quinn introduced the concept of universal design, which is a key focus […]