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Asking Unique Questions & Discovering Answers
Even Pre-Schoolers at the Summit learn the importance of asking questions and discovering their own answers. We encourage creative and critical thinking every day to help foster each child’s personal responsibility for their education.
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Experiential Learning on the Water
Experiential Learning on the Water 10/7/2013 Mr. Willy Fluharty “Yes, you are the sum of your experiences. Each new experience is just another building block in the foundation of your personality. That is why we are embarking on the Schooner Virginia for this weekend adventure. You may not like it, you may love it, either […]
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The Active Classroom for Girls
At The Ellis School we believe that active learning helps girls to visualize, hypothesize, and improve their intuition about conceptual models of scientific phenomena in all areas of STEM. Furthermore, active learning deploys a collaborative, hands-on environment utilizing desktop experiments, online assignments, and educational technologies to engage students in constructing their own knowledge, rather than […]
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Learning by Doing: John Burroughs and Slabsides
Being located in the beautiful Hudson Valley of New York, we are surrounded by local history and service opportunities to preserve such history. Therefore, as part of our interdisciplinary curriculum in the Middle School at Poughkeepsie Day, the teachers and students have been immersed in learning about the nature writer John Burroughs, along with doing […]
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Building Empathy for Girls Education Across the Globe
Girls in all divisions watched segments of the film Girl Rising, which explores the personal stories of girls around the world as they struggle for equal access to education. The Upper School Gender & Power class engaged in design thinking methods and developed “How Might We” questions based on research of issues around girls’ education […]
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Global Read Aloud Twitter Chat
Poughkeepsie Day School middle school students took part in a live Global Read Aloud Twitter chat today. It was organized and moderated by Shirley Rinaldi (@8rinaldi) who teaches @PoughkeepsieDay. She invited classes to join via Twitter, Edmodo and GRA groups. Taking part were students in schools in Chicago, Colorado, New York, South Carolina, Wisconsin and […]
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Brehm Preparatory School
Brehm Preparatory School’s mission is to empower students with complex learning disabilities and differences to recognize and optimize their potential throughout their lifetime. For more information, visit www.brehm.org.
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Animation and Dance Collaborations at the Putney School Summer Programs
The verdant pastures and unfurling meadows of Southern Vermont are an inspiring place to develop creative work. Each summer students come from all over the country and the world to actively participate in a unique community at the Putney School Summer Programs. A pastoral residential setting where students create compelling work in Visual Art, Music, […]
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For Girls, by Girls Leadership Conference at The Agnes Irwin School
150 girls from 19 public and private schools in the Philadelphia region took a big step toward exploring leadership in September by attending the “Leading for Change” conference hosted by The Agnes Irwin School. The conference was the realization of the hard work of a student group that serves as a liaison between the Center […]
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Real-World Engineering
Students at Laurel School in Shaker Heights, Ohio, are exploring real-world engineering solutions from the outside-in. According to Lisa Damour, Ph.D., Consulting Psychologist and Director of Laurel School’s Center for Research on Girls, female students are looking beyond traditional barriers to find meaning in the human applications of STEM projects. The “outside” motivation of finding […]
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Building Community at Wolf Ridge Environmental Center
Each year, Friends School of Minnesota seventh and eighth graders spend a week at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center in Finland, Minnesota. We do this trip to learn about the natural environment of the area and to build community among ourselves. We spend the week taking classes. This year’s classes were animal signs, orienteering, ropes […]
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Middle Schoolers Program “Electric Costumes” at The Willows Community School
Design thinking is quite literally a “bright spot” at The Willows Community School. Director of Technology Amy Dugré recently offered a middle school elective, “Light it Up!” where students worked with circuit boards and LED lights to create some ingenious gadgets—including illuminated clothing! The class evolved as faculty prepared for this year’s Family Arts Night, […]