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Students Use Integrative Thinking to Explore, Understand Ancient Civilizations
EVERlab, in its pilot year at Jewish Community High School of the Bay, focuses on students’ integration of concepts, ideas, and themes from both their Jewish and general studies courses. The Hebrew root word “EVER” means crossing over and the ability to be in transition, so the program uses design thinking, ideation, iteration, and collaboration […]
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Poetry Delights, Educates K-5 Students’ Hearts and Minds
Every spring, The Cooper School’s students embark on an eight-week study of poetry, with individual units of curriculum for each grade level. They analyze how poets use literary devices to convey meaning through their writing and explore how language, structure, and meaning intersect. Two poems by each student are published in the school’s annual award-winning […]
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Interactive STEAM Fair Brings School Community Even Closer
This year, The Langley School hosted its first-ever STEAM Fair to celebrate its interdisciplinary, inquiry-based approach to learning and discovery through science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. In keeping with the school’s Arc of Development model, which underscores the ways in which the curriculum builds upon itself, the hands-on activity stations spanned all ages. More […]
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Light Up Their Learning
This year we launched the opening of our new learning space, The Launch Pad. A space stocked with materials for creativity, design, and learning for our PreK through 4th grade students. As part of our work in this space, we encouraged our Kindergarten students to work with materials such as playdough, battery packs, and simple […]
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Middle Schoolers Educate Themselves, Others on the Importance of Activism
Social justice and activism are core components of Manhattan Country School’s curriculum. Each year, the school’s oldest students—the seventh and eighth graders—are charged with taking on a student-led activism project. This year, they chose to raise awareness about the Syrian refugee crisis and Islamophobia. Before they could persuade others, the students had to educate themselves […]
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Middle Schoolers Learn Endurance, Find Traction at LeMons
This year, a Blue Oak School elective course required a group of seventh and eighth graders to rebuild a 1984 BMW 318i from the ground up to compete in a nearby LeMons 24-hour endurance race. Physics, thermodynamics, friction, and how to avoid smashing your thumb with a sledgehammer were part of the learning process. Since […]
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Classroom Inspirations May Provide Real-World Solutions
Students in Maya Crosby’s Anatomy and Physiology class at Lincoln Academy are asked to integrate real-world applications into their work. The curriculum includes various case studies, along with a certification in first aid, discussions of ethics, and the use of technology. One result from this year’s efforts may be a patent-worthy idea. Senior Alejandro Ramos […]
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Virtual Field Trips with Google Expeditions
Turning Point School was thrilled to be one of the pioneer schools to experience Google Expeditions in our Levels 3, 4, and 6 classrooms earlier this week. Google Expeditions is a virtual reality platform built for the classroom. It allows teachers to take their classes on virtual field trips, immersing students in experiences that bring […]
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8th-Grade Science at Pacific Ridge School Reaches New Heights
Just before dawn on the morning of March 19th, a group of Pacific Ridge School (Carlsbad, CA) 8th-grade students, faculty members and parent volunteers headed for Elmore Desert Ranch to launch a Conceptual Physics class project into the stratosphere. The project – a high-altitude weather balloon carrying scientific experiments – went on a 40-mile journey, […]
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Students Become Companions Using Courage, Understanding, Communication
Once a week, fourth graders at The Girls’ School of Austin drive over to The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired to share a PE class. One-on-one, they guide their TSBVI companions through indoor and outdoor events—everything from synchronized swimming and track meets to dancing and obstacle courses. GSA students enjoy taking advantage […]
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Riverdale & New Orleans: A 10-Year Friendship Continues To Grow
Riverdale Country School has found kindred spirits in New Orleans. When Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, Middle School students organized a dance-athon to help with disaster relief, but they wanted to do more. So the next spring, Middle School Head Milton Sipp organized a group to go down and work. They went back the next […]
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Aspen Academy’s Shark Tank
Aspen Academy hosted our very own version of “Shark Tank.” As part of the 8th grade leadership program, our students wrote a business plan around a product or service that they created. Our winner is Aaron S whose app, “Drive Happy”, is designed to help people break the habit of texting while driving. It will […]