Grade Level
Middle
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Language Immersion Comes Alive in Partnership with Technology
Can you teach a robot to speak Spanish? At Missoula International School, students use computer software and LEGOS® to build robots programmed to solve real-life problems in a total Spanish immersion classroom. K-1 teacher John Kratz pioneered the program at MIS in 2013; today it’s being integrated into every classroom and offered in after-school and […]
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Beyond STEM- St. Andrew’s Design Thinking and Innovation Initiative
So much of school is educating about the known, not the new. There is a thousand years of the known at our backs and a planet full of novel opportunity before us. To venture in the threshold of originality means to sometimes step into uncertainty and away from the traditional methods that often govern our […]
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Teach. Reach. Feed. Lead. – Campus Kitchen Project- A Recipe for Service and Leadership
Shared meals for some can fill both mental as well as physical hunger which is why St. Andrew’s Episcopal School was the second high school in the nation to become a Campus Kitchen site. Meals provide comfort for the present and hope for the coming day. Nearly 25% of the Washington, D.C. community is food […]
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Kent Place School Named a Mix It Up Model School
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance program has named Kent Place School as a Mix It Up Model School for its exemplary efforts to foster respect and understanding among its students and throughout its campus during the 2014-15 school year. Kent Place is one of 104 schools to receive the honor. “We are delighted […]
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Walker’s Middle School Students Give Back to Children in Need
This year, middle school students at The Ethel Walker School have been supporting The Village for Families and Children, a non-profit agency that helps vulnerable children and families in greater Hartford, Connecticut. Through bake sales, students have raised money to support field trips and food for the children that The Village serves. The Village’s Director […]
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Brain Research Influences Creativity in Teaching, Learning
Colorado Academy connects current brain research in neuroscience to its broad liberal arts and sciences program. Teachers study not just what students need to know to be successful in the future, but how learning takes shape, developing classes to strengthen culture and character in students at all grade levels. In their Global Perspectives course, freshmen explore divergent […]
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Old Trail School is a 2015 Green Ribbon School Award Winner
Old Trail School was named one of 58 schools in the United States and only two schools in Ohio as a Green Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education on April 22, 2015 – Earth Day. The School was recognized for its significant achievements in the area of environmental sustainability as it relates to […]
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Houseparents at Milton Hershey School
Houseparents at Milton Hershey School significantly impact the lives of our students. Because houseparents work so closely with students, houseparents are important role models, teaching students life lessons and core values. As a residential school, we truly care for the needs of the whole child, and houseparents play a substantial role in ensuring student success. […]
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The Hero’s Journey – Classroom to Art Studio to Zoo
A graceful Pegasus with flowing mane stands next to Medusa’s serpent mane. Beyond them, a red-eyed Harpy hovers above a proud Centaur. The mythological zoo is ready for visitors. These fantastical creatures are the product of two months of work by sixth graders at Shorecrest. In its third year, the project integrates art, English, science, […]
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Open Window School Positively Impacts Community
Twice a year, Parent Association PiP (Positive Impact Project) Co-Chairs organize community service events. This spring, the weekend before Earth Day, about 40 Open Window parents, kids and staff members met up to help with a native planting project at a nearby trailhead replacing previous non-native plants with native plants that can survive without additional […]
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Students Follow Curiosity in Genius Hour
A trebuchet launching golf balls, homemade backpacks, and grapes igniting into plasma. These were just some of the projects the 8th graders proudly displayed at the Genius Hour Showcase. Marshall was filled with full-scale models, customized websites, and Ted Talk-style presentations. Marshall teacher Lori Durant modeled Genius Hour after Google, where employees can use 20% […]
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Would Working With Wood Change your Working?
Though the Tuxedo Park School Art Program has always incorporated a wide variety of materials, with the expansion of our tools and materials Mrs. Sweeney is taking the students’ knowledge of and experience with wood to new heights. In Upper School, students work together to build a bench out of reclaimed pallet wood. In Middle […]