Grade Level
Lower
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Fifth Grade Social Entrepreneurs: Putting Empathy Into Action
Want students to work hard? Give them a purpose. Buckley’s 5th grade social entrepreneurs did just that. The project was designed to inspire our students to empathize with an issue in need of attention, whether locally, nationally, or globally. The students learn about social enterprises and NGOs, microfinancing, and marketing; with this background, they created […]
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Supporting the Kent School Community
Each year, students and employees at Kent School participate in Osprey Day, which is a day of service to our school. Students engage in projects to improve our campus and the surrounding area. In conjunction with Osprey Day, we created this video to urge support from parents and alumni to support the school’s annual fund […]
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Oakhill Celebrates Cultural Diversity
Although there are small celebrations throughout the year where families and friends of Oakhill are invited to share their diverse heritage and backgrounds, we reserve one day a year to hold our large festival of colors, foods, dress, music, dance, and the people of Oakhill’s culturally rich community, the Global Celebration. This year’s celebration began […]
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Second Grade West Coast Immigration Play and Robot Dolls
Woodland’s second grade students continue their study of immigration through a combined project, a West Coast Immigration play inspired by the book, Landed, by Milly Lee and the creation of robot dolls who spoke personal stories of immigration, Each student designed and programmed a talking doll which integrated their study of immigration with a combination […]
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Computer lab to Innovation Lab
How do you teach kids about technology when they have had it at their fingertips since birth? Or instruct computer skills and digital citizenship when they are able to navigate apps and downloads, touch screen and web searches faster than most adults? The answer is you don’t. The computer lab – the one most of […]
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Kids Kolloquium
In March, the fourth grade students celebrated their love of reading, the art of discourse, and the connection to community with the first-ever Buckley Kids Kolloquium. The idea for the Kids Kolloquium was launched last spring when fourth-grader Jasmine Hembrey approached second-grade teacher Mrs. Stefani Rosenthal with a new twist to the Buckley Colloquium for […]
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What Makes Great Books for Early Readers? Just ask the kids at The Miquon School!
This winter the American Library Association (ALA) held its Youth Media Awards, revealing the year’s picks for best books, videos and materials for children—including the recipients of the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, and the Newbery book awards. Also familiar to many is the ALA’s Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, named for the children’s author better known […]
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Storytelling to Architecture to Service Learning – Kindergarten Gingerbread Project
What happens when math meets storytelling, architecture, collaboration, engineering, baking and service learning? The Kindergarten Gingerbread House Project! Our Kindergarten students completed an integrated project that incorporates all subject areas culminating in a giant gingerbread house. The project began with observation, continued with design and technology, included presentations from experts, followed by measuring, baking, calculating […]
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Pre-K Farmers Market Unit
Our Pre-K students engaged in an exploration of seasons and harvests by identifying fruits and vegetables in tactile ways that involved creating art; making their own books about vegetables; sorting fruits and veggies; and reading books about fruits and vegetables. They capped off this unit with a trip to the local farmers market, where they […]
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Admiral Farragut Academy Aviation Department is awarded $5,000 grant by American Airlines
Admiral Farragut Academy (Farragut) was one of 17 aviation focused schools and organizations around the country awarded with a grant by American Airlines because of its dedication to training the next generation of aviators. The $5,000 grant to Farragut will enhance the Lower School Aviation experience and give its younger students the opportunity to train […]
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ESD Beginner Students Recreate Stik Artwork
Beginner students are learning about Stik, a graffiti artist based in London, whose work wordlessly shows connections and tells stories of his community. Early Childhood Art teacher Amber Stautzenberger decided to display connections and stories with teachers and students at the Lower School beginning with three doors to focus on the primary colors (red, yellow, […]
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ESD Third Graders Solve Real-World Questions About the New Lower School in What If Lab
What if students could apply what they’re learning in the classroom to something in the real world? Third graders at The Episcopal School of Dallas are doing just that! In this study, students are using their math and map reading skills to calculate the space of their future fourth-grade classrooms. Using blueprints of the new […]