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One Student One Teacher
The heart of the Churchill program is our One-on-One Tutorial. Every child has 50 minutes with a tutor daily to work on the area of his greatest academic difficulty. For the majority of our students, learning to read and spell are the major focus of their tutorial since they have not been successful learning this […]
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A Winter Garden at Rohan Woods School
Rohan Woods School will participate in the US Green Building Council’s 2014-2015 “Green Schools Quest”. The USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter is challenging public and private schools within the Chapter’s territory (Missouri and Southern Illinois) to devise and implement, with the help of Green Mentors, the most creative, effective and no or low cost sustainable practices for […]
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Middle Schoolers Learn About Kindness and Gratitude
Middle School boys explored the power of gratitude, while Middle School girls learned about the importance of kindness as they engaged in two-hour workshops on these values this October. The girls’ workshop on kindness was led by Lauren Paul and Molly Thompson, who created the Kind Campaign, an anti-bullying nonprofit that focuses on girl-on-girl conflict. […]
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Sophomore Raises Money for Paralyzed Police Officer
Morristown-Beard sophomore Harrison Kern ’17 recently turned his passion for jewelry making into a way to help others. Kern, who studied jewelry making with teacher Jeanine Erickson as part of an Independent Study project last year, sold his pieces at Bottle Hill Day in Madison last month to benefit Officer Dave Cuozzo, a Union Police […]
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One Pie at a Time
Ask David Yu how many pies he had made before this summer and he’ll tell you “none.” Ask him how many pies he’s baked since moving to Lunenburg, MA to attend Applewild School in Fitchburg and the answer will be “many.” One of those pies was an apple pie he submitted to the Apple Pie […]
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Senior Teaches Self-Defense at Genesis Women’s Shelter
Victoria Siu, a senior at The Episcopal School of Dallas, led a self-defense class for women at the Genesis Women’s Shelter and Support as part of her service-learning project. Siu not only taught the class, but also worked with the organization to coordinate a date, time, and location for the class, and learn what kind […]
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Middle Schoolers Expand Social, Emotional Skills in Special Activities
The middle school years are marked by tremendous physical, emotional, and cognitive change as children learn to navigate their increasingly complex world. To help them build critical social and emotional skills, Friends School of Baltimore sets aside special days for students at these grade levels to explore personal and cultural values, health and wellness, and […]
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School’s Initiative Promotes New Opportunities for Women
A recent initiative at Roland Park Country School to address historical gender gaps offers qualified students curricular and research opportunities that promote the representation and success of women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The STEM Institute, founded in 2012, is a “school-within-a-school” series of semester-long research apprenticeships that may be taken […]
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Aspen Academy’s 5th Grade Cardboard Challenge
Aspen Academy fifth graders began their school year in science by creating and sharing the first annual Aspen Academy Cardboard Arcade as part of the global cardboard challenge project. Students were asked to build something awesome out of cardboard, recycled materials, and (most important) their imagination. They decided to create an arcade and invited fellow […]
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Arabic program speaks volumes at The Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.)
The new Arabic program at The Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.) has people talking. With the arrival this year of instructor Yassine Benzinane, Arabic was added to the School’s Spanish, French, and Chinese modern languages, as well as Latin and Greek. Benzinane, educated in Morocco, also teaches French classes and can teach Spanish, in addition to […]
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The power of community, Besant Hill School
There is something very special about how the Besant Hill School campus comes alive at the hands of faculty and students during project days. Groups work in gardens and dormitories, the theater, and in classrooms. Everyone jumps into their projects with great enthusiasm, working together as a community, strengthening personal bonds, and learning the value […]
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Up, up and away! Hot Air Balloon Event at Purnell School
Did you realize the hot air balloon is the oldest successful human carrying flight technology? On the evening of Friday October 10th, Purnell School hosted a community science event featuring hot air balloons. The event highlighted a Remax Balloon, part of the world largest fleet of balloons. Remax pilot, Captain Bob Mueller, presented the program […]