Grade Level
Middle
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Rigor & Innovation in the Middle School Classroom
Ranney Middle School Division Head David Ketcham speaks to prospective families about rigor and innovation in the Middle School classroom.
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FlexFridays Take Learning Beyond the Classroom
Every Friday, FlexSchool students participate in a series of experiential, hands-on learning opportunities through speakers, field trips, and programming. “FlexFridays” are an essential part of the school’s core values: to have schools embedded in the community and to discover the interconnectedness of everything. Earlier this year, math teacher Michael Steiner, a former Wall Street commodities […]
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The Lindy 500: Imagination on Wheels
Some great ideas cruise to glory. Others, well, they can veer off course. At the third annual Lindy 500 kinetic sculpture race at Riverdale Country School, designers put their concepts to the test. A DNA replica propelled by fifth graders in operating scrubs streaked across the field. A pirate ship drew admiration for its craftsmanship […]
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Students at Woodland School Share Advice on Creating Lasting Impact in the World
Students at Woodland School in Portola Valley, California, a preschool through eighth grade school, culminate their final year with a year-long interdisciplinary project known as Capstone. In this video, students explain Capstone and give share advice for other kids interested in creating lasting impact in the world.
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Connecting with Nepalese Students
Grade 4 students worked with children in Early Childhood Program (ECP) classes today to create Dal Bhat, a staple food and national dish of Nepal. The dish is made from steamed rice and a cooked lentil soup. Students are also creating create food flash cards to send with two of our teachers who will travel […]
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Bolles First High School in Southeast to Acquire Anatomage Table
The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida is now one of just three private high schools in the world – and the only high school in the Southeast – to own an Anatomage table. The highly advanced human dissection table and anatomy visualization system is typically – if not exclusively – seen in hospital or university […]
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Walking in Another’s Shoes Helps Middle Schoolers Grow
This year, seventh and eighth graders in Eton School’s Language Arts/Social Studies program spent several months studying Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, examining central questions such as what factors influence our moral growth and what kinds of experiences help us judge right from wrong. The class explored concepts such as “universe of obligation” and […]
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Utah 7th Graders Help Plan the Park City of Tomorrow
After PCDS 7th graders’ participation in the Future Cities Competition this winter, they saw an opportunity to partner with a local non profit to engage the local community in thinking about planning for Park City’s own future. The Future Cities competition challenges students nationwide to consider planning for our future: transportation, waste management, water/land use, […]
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Middle School “Strangers” Become Friends in Global Exchange
November is a particularly busy time at Asia Pacific International School (APIS), whose mission is to educate “students who are able to bridge the gap between the East and the West, and are ready to welcome the challenges of the New Pacific Century.” That’s when their co-ed boarding school campus in Hauula, Hawaii, joyfully welcomes […]
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Long-Established Exchange Program Lets Students Explore Varied Cultures, Develop New Perspectives
Every spring for the last 20 years, Oak Hill School teacher Armando Morales escorts a group of 10-15 Spanish language students (grades 7-12) to his hometown of Guanajuato, Mexico, in the heart of the Sierra Madre. They’re welcomed into local families and, with their new Mexican brothers and sisters, go to the same middle school—Benito […]
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Stoneleigh-Burnham Excels in Destination Imagination
Stoneleigh-Burnham’s Destination Imagination team has qualified for the Global Finals. Destination Imagination is a nonprofit that encourages groups of students to work together to learn about the creative process. They choose a topic of interest based on science, technology, engineering, fine arts, and improvisation, and then work together to develop a skit that fits all […]
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Student Inspired City Planning
One of the benefits of being nestled in a city full of growth and development is that the students of Oakhill Day School can use the community improvements as a true to life social studies lesson in urban planning. The Oakhill Eighth Grade City Planning Project uses fundamental project-based learning ideas that include investigation and […]