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Gilman’s Parade of Presidents
Gilman’s first graders represented our country’s leadership at the annual Presidential Parade. All 43 American presidents took oaths of office, sang patriotic songs, and presented their research on American leaders to a crowd of families, faculty, and staff.
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The Maker Movement: Spurring Scientific Inquiry
The Makery, located in Louisville Collegiate School’s Fine Arts building, is where students and teachers gather to collaborate, invent, design, and build. It’s where they’re encouraged to try and, if they fail, to try again. It supports JK-12 curricular initiatives and is equipped for such things as light woodworking and metalworking, 3-D printing, laser cutting, […]
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HMI Semester and Summer Term of leadership development, rigorous academics, and wilderness exploration.
How might your life be different if you spent more time outside? If your learning came directly from the world around you? If you relied on (and could be relied upon!) your classmates through real experiences in the Colorado and Utah wilderness? At HMI this a reality through semester or summer-long programs in Colorado. Make […]
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Art Structures
Students in the Middle School Art + Innovation program at Taipei American School use the engineering design process whilst experimenting with different media and materials to foster their creativity and bring their ideas to life. This video features one such project created by Henri a Grade 6 student. Henri used Sketch Up and a Makerbot […]
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Trinity Students Raise Over $3,000 to Send Anti-Malarial Bed Nets to Africa!
Trinity Episcopal School students recently concluded a fundraising drive to send protective anti-malarial bed nets to countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Students raised a grand total of $3,124.52, which is equal to 260 nets that will be donated to people living in African countries at high risk of malaria. The money will be donated to Nets […]
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Analyzing Data, Maximizing Power: Science in the Real World
At Kentucky Country Day School, eighth graders are designing solar batteries, writing disaster response plans for cities around the world, and disassembling electronics to evaluate their environmental impact. These hands-on units are part of their Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences (E3S) curriculum, which focuses on projects that put learning in a real world context. In […]
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4th Grader Shows Gratefulness in Fundraising Efforts
When you’re brought up with the values of giving, being thankful, and wanting to help others it’s easy to see an opportunity right at your feet. That’s exactly what fourth grader Katelynn Grebe saw and thought at such a young age when the chance to give back to an organization that gave so much to […]
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Fourth Graders Become Journalists in New Video Series
Effective communication is a critical competency for the modern learner. In Flint Hill’s Lower School, students are given multiple opportunities during each day to develop and refine their oral, written and visual communication skills, including: in Morning Meetings, conferences with their teachers, participating in class discussions, and presenting during Inspiration. Earlier this year, some of […]
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Gilman’s Living Wax Museum
Gilman’s third graders presented a living wax museum full of famous faces from the past and present. Visitors press a button and the statues come to life, sharing facts and details about the lives of historic men and women – this annual project is a great way for students to present their research and practice […]
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Coding For All Ages: Nashoba Brooks Undertakes School-wide Coding Initiative
In late December, 2014, the entirety of Nashoba Brooks School united in pursuit of a common goal: coding. Participating in the global movement Hour of Code, students in Preschool through Grade 8 devoted a full morning to tackling a variety of coding projects. In every subject, students will encounter setbacks; in coding, where a seemingly […]
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Women of Courage Panel in Honor of Rosa Parks
At JMSG, Girls in Government, Leadership, and Service (GGLS) is a group of 6th, 7th, and 8th grade girls who voluntarily meet before school one day a week. Not only do the girls prepare for this event, but, in addition, over the past few years, they have studied the gender disparity of wages in the […]
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CITYterm at The Masters School
With New York City as our classroom and laboratory, CITYterm at The Masters School brings together seven residential faculty and thirty intellectually adventuresome juniors and seniors in high school for a semester of intensive, experience-based learning. CITYterm challenges its students to think, question, speak up and grow. Together in a close-knit community of students and […]