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Fifth Grade Social Entrepreneurs: Putting Empathy Into Action
Want students to work hard? Give them a purpose. Buckley’s 5th grade social entrepreneurs did just that. The project was designed to inspire our students to empathize with an issue in need of attention, whether locally, nationally, or globally. The students learn about social enterprises and NGOs, microfinancing, and marketing; with this background, they created […]
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Supporting the Kent School Community
Each year, students and employees at Kent School participate in Osprey Day, which is a day of service to our school. Students engage in projects to improve our campus and the surrounding area. In conjunction with Osprey Day, we created this video to urge support from parents and alumni to support the school’s annual fund […]
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Oakhill Celebrates Cultural Diversity
Although there are small celebrations throughout the year where families and friends of Oakhill are invited to share their diverse heritage and backgrounds, we reserve one day a year to hold our large festival of colors, foods, dress, music, dance, and the people of Oakhill’s culturally rich community, the Global Celebration. This year’s celebration began […]
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Second Grade West Coast Immigration Play and Robot Dolls
Woodland’s second grade students continue their study of immigration through a combined project, a West Coast Immigration play inspired by the book, Landed, by Milly Lee and the creation of robot dolls who spoke personal stories of immigration, Each student designed and programmed a talking doll which integrated their study of immigration with a combination […]
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Computer lab to Innovation Lab
How do you teach kids about technology when they have had it at their fingertips since birth? Or instruct computer skills and digital citizenship when they are able to navigate apps and downloads, touch screen and web searches faster than most adults? The answer is you don’t. The computer lab – the one most of […]
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Kids Kolloquium
In March, the fourth grade students celebrated their love of reading, the art of discourse, and the connection to community with the first-ever Buckley Kids Kolloquium. The idea for the Kids Kolloquium was launched last spring when fourth-grader Jasmine Hembrey approached second-grade teacher Mrs. Stefani Rosenthal with a new twist to the Buckley Colloquium for […]
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What Makes Great Books for Early Readers? Just ask the kids at The Miquon School!
This winter the American Library Association (ALA) held its Youth Media Awards, revealing the year’s picks for best books, videos and materials for children—including the recipients of the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, and the Newbery book awards. Also familiar to many is the ALA’s Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, named for the children’s author better known […]
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Welcome to the Chopped Kitchen: ESD Edition
Earlier this semester, 10 students at The Episcopal School of Dallas entered the Chopped kitchen – aka the ESD Food Science lab. Students were tasked with creating a dish using the three mystery ingredients in the basket: oranges, mint, and bacon. Their final dish must include a total of seven ingredients, including the three mystery […]
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Physical Science Students Build Cardboard Boats That – Sometimes – Float
In the fall of 2018, the Episcopal School of Acadiana (ESA) held its 17th annual Physical Science Refrigerator Boat Regatta. Equipped with a cardboard appliance box, silicone sealant, duct tape, plastic ties, paint and a couple of weeks to work, each group of two to three students crafted a boat designed to carry one passenger […]
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Storytelling to Architecture to Service Learning – Kindergarten Gingerbread Project
What happens when math meets storytelling, architecture, collaboration, engineering, baking and service learning? The Kindergarten Gingerbread House Project! Our Kindergarten students completed an integrated project that incorporates all subject areas culminating in a giant gingerbread house. The project began with observation, continued with design and technology, included presentations from experts, followed by measuring, baking, calculating […]
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AP Psychology Students Learn Sweet Lesson Building Neurons Out of Candy
Students at The Episcopal School of Dallas are already busy in AP Psychology learning about the nervous system. They made neurons (presynaptic and postsynaptic) out of candy yesterday to better understand the parts of a neuron. They were to use the following parts and label them with their partner: Axon: Twizzler Pull Aparts Dendrites: Sour […]