Grade Level
Lower
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Old Trail School Partners with Countryside on Farm Project
Old Trail School and Countryside (formerly Countryside Conservancy) have formed a new partnership (the “Farm Project”) that will ensure the future of the OTS Farm, a major priority of the School for the last two years. Countryside has been working with the School for several years through the Winter Farmers’ Markets and other educational programs […]
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#IMAGINEKentSchool
Kent School celebrates its Golden Anniversary this year. In celebration and recognition of this wonderful milestone, we created this video to introduce our theme of IMAGINE for the 2018-2019 academic year. With 50 years behind us, we look ahead to the next 50 years and IMAGINE our future with hope, joy and a vision for […]
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Kindness Rocks at Seven Hills School
The Kindness Rocks Project at Seven Hills has been spreading instant joy and gratitude throughout the community. The project began last year as an activity during the school’s Extended Day Fall Camp. Teacher Debbie Shipherd saw a post on Facebook regarding The Kindness Rocks Project and decided it would be a perfect fit for her […]
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Planting Seeds of Empathy (aka 5th Graders With Babies!)
Recently, many of the Seven Hills faculty and staff read the book UnSelfie: Why Empathic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World by Michele Borba. Dr. Borba argues that empathy-building is not only a moral imperative, but a key advantage in kids attaining health, happiness, and future career success. UnSelfie unpacks several empathy studies, including the […]
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Students ‘Up and Moving’ in Bolles PVB Thanks to New Seating Options
“Come in and sit wherever you like” is not the sentence you hear most teachers in an elementary school say. More often than not, classrooms can be constrained environments with one size desk and one size chair to fit all student shapes, sizes and learning preferences. This is not the case on the Bolles Lower […]
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Flexible Seating, Learning Options Enhancing Bolles Classroom Experience
Susie Kissinger and Caryn Canfield’s Grade 4 classrooms on the Bolles Lower School Whitehurst Campus are all about options when it comes to desks, seating and learning spaces. Thanks to a complete summer overhaul of classroom furniture resources, students can now decide each day whether they will do their best work utilizing standing desks with […]
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The Power of Play Plus Spanish Language Equals Fun
Students in Melyssa Gomez’s Spanish class on the Bolles Lower School Ponte Vedra Beach Campus combined two important strengths for a successful lesson last week: the power of play and the power of language study. Add outdoors and number skills to the equation and the result was muy Bueno! Gomez created number counting games on […]
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NEAL: Wetlands Field Day
Here at Powhatan, we use an approach called NEAL (Nature Enhanced Approach to Learning). NEAL is a lens through which we can teach any or all components of our curriculum. We use it to bring our students outside into the natural world and to bring the natural world indoors to our students. An authentic experience […]
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A Sandbox For The X-Box Generation
Based on a design concept and code provided by the UC Davis W.M. Keck Center for Active Visualization in the Earth Sciences, the Riverdale Country School faculty and staff built an augmented reality sandbox to create dynamic lessons in math, geography, and earth science. The device is comprised of: • A wooden sandbox structure built […]
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The Howard School Celebrates Georgia STEM Day
The Howard School celebrated Georgia STEM Day with its first-ever “Brain Day.” The school’s seniors led the younger students in STEAM activities throughout the day.
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The Arts at 'Iolani School
The drumline of the award-winning ‘Iolani School marching band plays an original piece composed by ‘Iolani band director Manny Dayao, Class of 1997, to showcase students thriving in the outstanding performing and visual arts programs at the school. To learn more about the arts at ‘Iolani, go to https://www.iolani.org/arts
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Students Learn, Empathize, Gain Perspective Through School Partnership
Since establishing the Uptown Partnership, named for a nearby neighborhood, Latin School of Chicago’s teachers seek opportunities to develop meaningful connections that help students learn, enhance their empathy, and develop perspective. One example is an artistic collaboration between two groups of third graders—one from Brenda Friedman’s class at Latin, the other from Sabrina Severns’ class […]