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Multiple Intelligences: A Unique Program Aimed At Students’ Strengths
Anyone visiting a classroom at New City School will most likely find groups of students working together—solving a complex problem, acting out an historical event, building models of a new insect species, or maybe even using percussion instruments to represent individual components of the digestive system. The school follows the principles of Howard Gardner’s theory […]
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Students Get a Kick Out of Raising Money for Camp Okizu
The fifth annual Kicks Against Cancer varsity soccer games raised more than $5,000 for children who attend Camp Okizu, a camp for cancer patients and their families. “Camp Okizu provides peer support, respite, mentoring, and recreational programs to meet the needs of all members of families affected by childhood cancer. The amount raised this year […]
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Orchard Clay Tablets
Do you remember how you learned about ancient civilizations and the earliest forms of writing? Perhaps you remember simply memorizing facts about the Sumerians and ancient Mesopotamia. Our students have to learn a lot of facts, as well. Orchard teachers, however, always go the extra mile to make lessons more meaningful for their students. The […]
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Empty Bowls
Orchard students are in the process of making gorgeous ceramic bowls! On February 25, the entire Orchard community is invited to a dinner of soup, bread, and a dessert. The suggested donation is $10. Families are encouraged to take home one of the wonderful bowls that our students made as a reminder of all of […]
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Bright Future
At the start of the school year, representatives of Dominion Resources presented students in Hathaway Brown’s Campus and Community Sustainability class with a check for $3,800 to support the design and construction of a solar-powered charging station for laptops and cellphones. The goal of the grant, secured by Torrey McMillan ’90 and HB’s Center for […]
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Students Learn to “Speak Truth to Power” in Civil Rights Reenactments
Teachers at Friends School Haverford often reinforce the Quaker testimonies of equality, peace, and peaceful conflict resolution through play, social interactions, and making connections to powerful stories. But when preschoolers, kindergartners, and their middle school partners—who gather weekly to talk and share different experiences—began working together on their social justice unit, they quickly realized that […]
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Third Graders Make Sparks Fly for STEM Week
Third graders at The Hewitt School took on electrical inventions as their class project for Lower School STEM week in January; not only did their creations surprise their teachers and many of their visiting parent helpers, but everyone had a lot of fun in the process. The initial goal was to understand how a circuit […]
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IB Students Lead Trout in the Classroom Project
Stoneleigh-Burnham School students in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program have begun raising Brook Trout in a large fish tank that sits just inside the entrance to the Jesser Science Building. The Trout in the Classroom project is promoted through the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife and the Trout Unlimited Organization. In mid-December, Stoneleigh-Burnham received […]
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Students Build Parthenon Model Using a 3D Printer
Students in Saint Andrew’s School 7th Grade Latin Class used a Design Cycle Engineering model to investigate ( they did a lot of research and created keynote presentations about Greek architecture and specifically the Parthenon ), plan ( they then had to plan out how the ancient architects built the structure and how they could […]
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Student-Driven iPad Dream becomes iPad Reality at ‘Iolani School
What makes the story of ‘Iolani School’s One-to-One iPad Initiative inspiring is that the idea was completely student driven. In less than a year, the seed that three students planted has grown into an Initiative that puts iPads in the hands of 1,880 students in kindergarten to twelfth grade. In this video, you’ll meet Blake, […]
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Orchard’s Preschool Restaurant
This lovely project was completely driven by our delightful preschool students. One afternoon a student found a pad and pencil on the table. The student began to pretend to take food orders from his peers. The afternoon progressed from there with pretend food being delivered around the classroom. The students and their teachers then decided […]
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Mindfulness: A Pathway to Success for Collegiate Students
The Collegiate School’s Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program helps students develop an increasingly important skill for success in college and beyond. Schools and colleges across the country have reported a rise in problems related to stress management, so about seven years ago, Collegiate School began offering a two-week-long Freshman Health and Wellness MBSR class for […]