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Lower
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Virtual Field Trips with Google Expeditions
Turning Point School was thrilled to be one of the pioneer schools to experience Google Expeditions in our Levels 3, 4, and 6 classrooms earlier this week. Google Expeditions is a virtual reality platform built for the classroom. It allows teachers to take their classes on virtual field trips, immersing students in experiences that bring […]
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Students Become Companions Using Courage, Understanding, Communication
Once a week, fourth graders at The Girls’ School of Austin drive over to The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired to share a PE class. One-on-one, they guide their TSBVI companions through indoor and outdoor events—everything from synchronized swimming and track meets to dancing and obstacle courses. GSA students enjoy taking advantage […]
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Aspen Academy’s Shark Tank
Aspen Academy hosted our very own version of “Shark Tank.” As part of the 8th grade leadership program, our students wrote a business plan around a product or service that they created. Our winner is Aaron S whose app, “Drive Happy”, is designed to help people break the habit of texting while driving. It will […]
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Genius at work on the campus of Admiral Farragut Academy through Drone Club
Within the confines of the Admiral Farragut Academy STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) lab, a group of students are dedicated to mastering the aforementioned scientific principles as they contribute to the genius of technological advances. Since the middle of March, members of the Drone Club have been constructing drones from scratch as a part […]
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Third-Grade Dioramas Cut Across Multiple Disciplines
Some parents may remember creating dioramas out of old shoeboxes when they were in elementary school. Today, Ranney Lower Schoolers (Tinton Falls, NJ) are creating full-scale 3-D scenes in our Innovation Lab—and they are doing so in a way that threads the subject matter they are learning across multiple disciplines. In third-grade , students have […]
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The Tapestry of Art and Science by Annette Calloway
Think of a school as a colorful tapestry. Look closely and you will see the beautiful repeating threads of art and music in the students’ daily experiences. In a 21st century school, technology is another vibrant thread; it is a medium for innovation as students tap both their imaginations and their problem-solving skills. Dr. Loretta […]
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Zagat Global Fellows: Teaching And Connecting
Dr. David A. James, deputy head teacher of the Bryanston School in England, spent a week at Riverdale Country School in April as the first Zagat Teaching Fellow. In June, a Riverdale teacher will go to Bryanston and learn about education from another cultural perspective. Established in 2015 by Riverdale alumnus Tim Zagat ’57, the […]
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First Graders Get a Taste for Programming with Bee-Bots
If you haven’t heard of Bee-Bots yet – just ask a Ranney School (Tinton Falls, NJ) first grader! Students are using measurement, calculation, strategy and more to program these small bee-shaped robots to drive through mazes and number charts. The teamwork and programming skills they are learning at this young age will carry over to […]
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Woodland School Fourth-Grade Students Create “The Living Museum”
In this video, fourth grade teachers Susan Whited and Lauren Baumgartner discuss the transformative project known as The Living Museum. To start, students choose a character in California’s history who made an impact. The students go on to conduct independent research, write an essay, and write a speech. The project culminates in The Living Museum […]
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Ranney Faculty to Attend World-Renowned Design Institute
…Student curriculum is evolving across all divisions and disciplines through the incorporation of design thinking… The Nueva School Design Institute in San Mateo, California houses a world-renowned Innovation Lab (I-Lab) created in partnership with IDEO and Stanford University’s d.school. The institute has pioneered the teaching of design thinking across the globe, and eight of Ranney […]
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Choral & Orchestra Students Join to Create Biggest Concert Ever
In celebration of Music in Our Schools, students across all three divisions of Ranney School (Tinton Falls, NJ) joined to create the school’s Biggest Concert Ever. Young musicians featured 50-plus choral students and 80-plus orchestra students, from Lower to Upper School, side by side playing “You Will Never Walk Alone” from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel.
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Admiral Farragut Academy’s Kollyne Thomas joins legacy of celebrated authors with winning entries in the Scholastic Awards
Kollyne Thomas ‘16 is constantly searching for the perfect connection of words. A voracious reader amongst a bevy of readers in her family, Kollyne’s love for literature helped mold her into her current status as a meticulous writer. Since the time she could hold a pencil, Kollyne’s evolution as a wordsmith has moved from the […]