Grade Level
Middle
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Learning by Doing: John Burroughs and Slabsides
Being located in the beautiful Hudson Valley of New York, we are surrounded by local history and service opportunities to preserve such history. Therefore, as part of our interdisciplinary curriculum in the Middle School at Poughkeepsie Day, the teachers and students have been immersed in learning about the nature writer John Burroughs, along with doing […]
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Global Read Aloud Twitter Chat
Poughkeepsie Day School middle school students took part in a live Global Read Aloud Twitter chat today. It was organized and moderated by Shirley Rinaldi (@8rinaldi) who teaches @PoughkeepsieDay. She invited classes to join via Twitter, Edmodo and GRA groups. Taking part were students in schools in Chicago, Colorado, New York, South Carolina, Wisconsin and […]
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Building Community at Wolf Ridge Environmental Center
Each year, Friends School of Minnesota seventh and eighth graders spend a week at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center in Finland, Minnesota. We do this trip to learn about the natural environment of the area and to build community among ourselves. We spend the week taking classes. This year’s classes were animal signs, orienteering, ropes […]
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Middle Schoolers Program “Electric Costumes” at The Willows Community School
Design thinking is quite literally a “bright spot” at The Willows Community School. Director of Technology Amy Dugré recently offered a middle school elective, “Light it Up!” where students worked with circuit boards and LED lights to create some ingenious gadgets—including illuminated clothing! The class evolved as faculty prepared for this year’s Family Arts Night, […]
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Westchester Middle Schoolers Donate Time to Community
Students in grades 6 – 8 at Westchester Country Day School spend one Friday each quarter serving in their community. The students visit with residents in nursing homes, tutor at elementary schools, and participate in on-campus service opportunities such as picking-up trash, maintaining trails on the 53-acre campus, and helping in lower school classrooms. Service […]
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Learning Science And Math By Doing
La Jolla Country Day School prides itself on pursuing the best approach available for the best education possible. It is not a slave to any particular curricular approach. As technology has allowed students more hands-on learning options, we have formed great partnerships to bring our students the best education available today.
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Manhattan Country School: On the Farm
A film in honor of the Manhattan Country School Farm Faculty and Program for 46 years of teaching children invaluable lessons about community and interdependence, environmental stewardship, renewable energy and the sustainable production of food. Film produced by MCS parent Deb Levy. Manhattan Country School is a pre-K through 8th grade school recognized as a […]
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A Sample Story of an Excellent Program
This story makes no reference to the associated educational institution nor the city or state in which it resides.
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Blake Legacy Day 2013: All-community; All service
One Friday each fall, the entire Blake community comes together for Legacy Day – a day of community building centered on service. Legacy Day is a special time when students, faculty, staff and alumni gather with the common purpose of strengthening commitments to lifelong learning, community service and world citizenship. Each year the service work […]
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Every Girl Can Be a Leader
Leadership holds a top spot among the Seattle Girls’ School’s cultural priorities, with opportunities galore and an extraordinary culture of participation. Each sixth grader must lead a community meeting, not just standing up and speaking, but choosing a topic and designing the agenda. Turning schools’ usual practice upside down, seventh graders lead both the younger […]