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Lake Washington Girls Middle School Service Project
Over 45 students from Lake Washington Girls Middle School participated in a two-day service event in partnership with St. Clouds restaurant and Angeline’s Women’s Center. On the first day of this event, students met at St.Clouds restaurant, located in Seattle’s Madrona neighborhood, with bags of food donations and unbridled enthusiasm. John Platt, an Executive Chef […]
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TVS ANIMATRONICS at the World Maker Faire
by Luke Jacob, Dean of Learning and Curriculum with Dr. Ginger Alford, TVS Director of Computer Sciences and Strategic Project Director–Technology FWMSH Perhaps my favorite moment from World Maker Faire 2013, an event which took place on the grounds of the New York Hall of Science in Queens this September, came when my college roommate […]
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Creative Community Recycling
The local Green Building Council sponsored a high school design competition to construct an object using only recycled and recyclable materials. The structure could be made of cardboard but the exterior had to be covered with sheets of recycled paper. Our girls chose to recreate an optical illusion designed by Markus Raetz that reads as […]
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Sharing School Life with Family and Friends
Friends School of Minnesota hosts a series of four Visitor Coffees to share school life with our community. The visit formats vary but always include coffee and time to chat with our head of school. Then our guests might meet with with students in their classrooms, go on a tour of the school, attend a […]
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Building community and accountability among students through great lesson planning and project design.
Eric Hudson is an Instructional Designer with Global Online Academy. Eric regularly creates short videos highlighting examples of excellent teaching and instructional design featuring Global Online Academy Faculty. Each member of our faculty currently works for one of our member schools. In this video, Eric highlights examples of instructional design, with an emphasis on community […]
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“Crêpes for Cameroon” makes a difference across the globe
When they learned that their international French-speaking pen pals in Central Africa didn’t have the same educational access that they themselves enjoy at Hathaway Brown, students in Rebecca Graham’s French class decided to do something about it. The girls were so motivated to help in any way they could that they organized a special “Crêpes […]
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Freedom to Experience and Create
In an academically challenging girls school, the freedom to experience and create without fear of failure – or imperfection – is a hard lesson to teach. The environment encourages success, but success is often best learned through trial and error. Creativity relies on evolving rather than solving. Artist Robert Rauschenberg said it best, “Being correct […]
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Helping a Nine-Year-Old Transgender Girl Come Out to Her Classmates
Kelly is a wonderful, happy fourth grade girl who loves comics, superheroes (especially Wonder Woman), and playing sports. She is also a transgender girl: She has the heart and mind of a girl, but she was born in a boy’s body. High Meadows School welcomed Kelly this year, and we were deeply inspired by her […]
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LREI Students Cultivate Their Creative Confidence
Fostering creativity is a key element of the LREI experience and one that is at the center of how we structure learning opportunities for students. So we were intrigued to read about the current OpenIDEO challenge, “How might we inspire young people to cultivate their creative confidence?” OpenIDEO is an innovation platform that brings people […]
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All Saints’ Solar Car Challenge
The Solar Car Challenge is an education program designed to help motivate students in science, engineering and alternative energy. Science and Technology Magazine named the Solar Car Challenge as one of the top science and engineering programs in the country. As part of the All Saints’ mission to develop academically-prepared servant leaders, two faculty members […]
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Hackathon! Bullis Computer Programming Students Compete for Cookies
Computer programming may not typically generate high levels of drama and fun competition, but at Bullis’ first annual Hackathon both were clearly evident, along with plenty of smiles all around. Intro to Computer Programming Teacher Alex Reinhardt created the first annual Bullis Hackathon, in which he invited students from his class and from AP Computer […]
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The Archaeological Dig
The 9th grade Archaeological Dig is designed for ninth grade students as part of their World History class and provides students with a hands-on approach to the study of ancient cultures. In partnership with the Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Anthropology Department, students learn how flintknappers made stone tools, used stone drills to make pendants, and […]