Grade Level
Middle
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Students share a message of gratitude with families . . . and beyond
At The Seven Hills School in Walnut Creek, California, gratitude is one of the shared values of the school community. Opportunities abound for students to express their gratitude for all of the positives in their lives – family and friends, home and school, adventure and quiet time. They also learn to celebrate the challenges that […]
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Internship Program Proves Experience IS the Best Teacher
Each February, a two-week Winter Internship program at The Field School allows students to immerse themselves in the “real world.” It’s a little different for each of them — volunteering in a senior center; tutoring younger students; shadowing a Member of Congress; or experiencing the workplace alongside a zoologist, doctor, or art gallery curator. Holly […]
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Girls, Tinkering, and Science
The Hewitt School sixth graders in this video have been challenged to apply their knowledge of potential and kinetic energy in constructing a “Rube Goldberg” machine that will use a series of mechanical steps to ring a bell. And while the assignment is pretty lo-tech, that really doesn’t matter. Research tells us that girls learn […]
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Students Extend Kindness, Respect in International Service Trips
Each spring, groups of 12-16 Wasatch Academy students participate in two-week international service trips. Recent adventures have included China, India, Costa Rica, Panama, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The program is in keeping with the school’s mission to bridge the gap between diverse groups of individuals by living in a culture of kindness. Students have helped to […]
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Letting Go the Reins at the Middle School Harkness Table
Five years ago Shore Country Day School decided to embrace the Harkness pedagogy as a way to teach primary sources in our Grade 8 history curriculum. It has been so successful that we have incorporated elements of it down into the lower grades. Developing a classroom of fully engaged middle schoolers makes a lot of […]
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Annual cultural exchange broadens students’ view of the world
Over the past 16 years, the Seven Hills School has partnered with students and teachers from Kita-City, a ward within Tokyo, Japan, to take part in a cross-cultural exchange that has enriched the lives of students and educators from both countries. During a very special week each November, our entire school community excitedly welcomes a […]
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Aspen Academy 5th Graders Re-enact A Civil War Battle
Aspen Academy 5th graders staged a re-enactment of a Civil War battle complete with makeshift cannons and a hospital. ‘Generals Lee and Grant’ led their troops into battle using plastic balls as ammunition and victory was defined by capturing the opponents’ flag. Our students learned how the United States was divided at the outbreak of […]
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Engaging Alumni: The School of Today
Graduates of ‘Iolani School return to campus to experience being students again. While they discover that ‘Iolani’s excellence is being perpetuated, they also learn about the fun, innovative and creative ways students of today are learning. Alumni visit the Sullivan Center for Innovation and Leadership where real-world studies take place each day.
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Shakespeare & 21st Century Skills
Traditions and rituals help cement a school’s identity while signaling what a school values. This tradition has been a part of the school since the early 1960s, and the annual Shakespeare play is rite of passage for the eighth grade class. And while the play itself is a massive undertaking for these students, there are […]
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Feeling Family: Watercolor Portraits
Third grade art students demonstrated their growth as artists as they drew remarkable likenesses of their families for eye-catching family portraits. The multi-week assignment called for young artists to add new techniques of working with color, observation, and drawing that they have been honing in art class twice a week since kindergarten. The portrait assignment […]
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Battle Ground Academy: Success Starts Here
Battle Ground Academy is an independent, coeducational K-12 school in the heart of Franklin, Tennessee. Our mission is to ignite and nurture student curiosity, intellect, and character.
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Advice to My 30 Year Old Self
Students from Julia Morgan School for Girls, a 6-8 grade middle school in Oakland, CA, were asked what advice they would give to their 30 year old self. The video was produced by Career Girls, a local non-profit organization dedicated to highlighting diverse women role models for girls.