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How sweet it is: The candy election
How is the president of the United States elected? The answer to this question is complex, and it addresses concepts that 5th graders have little experience with, such as “caucus” and “electoral college.” Oftentimes, the best way to learn a concept is to relate it to something that interests you. A common passion among most […]
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City Semester at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School
In City Semester: The Bronx Experience, 15-20 high school sophomores juniors and seniors explore New York City through the lens of the Bronx. We have “traditional” classes in ecology, English, history, foreign language, math, ethics and arts, that connect to each other through our fieldwork- twice a week we leave campus for fieldwork in the […]
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Kent Place School Community Members Wear Red to Spread Awareness About Heart Disease and Stroke
On Friday, February 6, the Kent Place School community wore the color red in honor of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women National Wear Red Day®. The Day, in its twelfth year, was created to raise awareness about heart disease and stroke, the No. 1 and No. 5 killers of women. According to […]
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Family Service Days at Aspen Academy
Part of Aspen Academy’s mission is to cultivate excellence in community strength and service. Service may meet a tangible need, or it may meet a need of the spirit. In January, Aspen Academy families were given the opportunity to do both. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service is the only federal holiday observed […]
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Oceanography Students Contribute to Data Analysis
Science Department Chair Cecelia Pan is incorporating real life research into her curriculum. Students in her Oceanography class are helping scientists and other researchers analyze their over-abundance of data by logging in to a crowd-sourcing data analytic website called zooniverse.com. Students analyze and record results online. Many students are studying photographs of penguin habitats, counting […]
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The Make.a.Difference 8th Grade Project
Montgomery School’s Make.a.Difference project is an intensive, yearlong 8th grade project in which students focus on a person or organization who has made a positive difference in the world. Completed as part of the language arts curriculum, the project involves extensive research, report writing, letter writing, reflection, community service, technology, the arts, and oral presentation […]
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Mindfulness practice in partnership with parents
How to weave mindfulness practice into the daily fabric of school life? At Aspen Country Day School, a partnership with enthusiastic parent volunteers has successfully brought the MindUP curriculum to each classroom .
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Literature, Theatre, and Performance
Technical Theatre teacher, Robert Kallos, developed a toy theatre project to teach the skills and principles of technical theatre. This project integrated literature (through script writing), set design and craft (which taught visual, hand, and eye coordination), and performance (which encouraged skills in speech, movement, and confidence.) Student groups were asked to adapt a fairy […]
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Shadow Puppet Theatre Demonstrates Science Concept
Theatre Technical Teacher Robert Kallos worked with the 8th grade science team members, who were seeking a way to help the students internalize the concepts learned in Science, particularly how organelles, a specialized cellular part that has a specific function. After a discussion, a shadow theatre process was chosen as a vehicle for the students […]
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Invent to Learn – 4th Grade Engineering
In September, Hockaday piloted a new fourth grade course called Invent to Learn. The goal of the Invent to Learn course is to provide students with opportunities to imagine, design, and create solutions to problems in a hands-on, collaborative way. In the process, students will learn and practice new skills as they come to experience […]
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Inaugural Hockaday Brain Bee – Upper School Area Competition
On January 17, 2015, The Hockaday School successfully hosted its inaugural Hockaday DFW Brain Bee with 14 competitors from three local area schools. It marked Hockaday as the third official regional Brain Bee competition site in Texas, in addition to Baylor Medical School in Houston and UT San Antonio Health Center. After an intense and […]
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Hamlin’s First Annual On/Line Teen Dance Film Festival Blends Dance and Technology
This 30-minute film festival was created by The Hamlin School in San Francisco and highlights the work of Middle School dancers at Hamlin as well as selected films from other middle schools and high schools around the globe. This “dance for the camera” work blends dancing and technology in creative and engaging ways. Six other […]