Grade Level
Upper
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Green Design, Sustainability, and Empowerment
During their Green Design unit, ninth grade students in their first year of design study researched the concept of micro loans and how they are given to women in developing countries to use for starting a small business. By reading case studies the students discovered that the businesses usually involve the design and making of […]
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Hands on Lake Studies
High School students from across the country get a chance to experience hands on lake studies while attending a semester at Conserve School, an environmentally focused semester school in the northwoods of Wisconsin. The school’s 1200 acre campus has access to eight lakes, providing students with a variety of settings to develop their water quality […]
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Jon Shirley, Former President of Microsoft, Makes $5 Million Gift to The Hill School to Fund New Engineering, Science, Mathematics and Technology Program and Facility
Jon Shirley, of Medina, Wash., retired president of Microsoft Corporation, philanthropist, and renowned art and car collector, has made an extraordinary $5 million gift to The Hill School – a gift that will immediately advance the boarding high school’s new engineering-related curriculum and facility. Shirley is a member of The Hill School’s class of 1956 […]
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Teach the Future Fellowship
St. Andrew’s School has launched a community-wide professional development initiative to create meaningful movement forward for our own school, as well as partner with other schools, innovators, and entrepreneurs, to bring about change for the betterment of our students and community. Teach the Future Fellowship is a grass roots organization of likeminded educators who commit […]
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RMA Cadets earn Chinese Studies HSK Certification
Riverside Military Academy’s Chinese Studies Program is providing exciting opportunities for our cadets as they gain an edge in the world of international business, government, and related fields! RMA offers a unique environment with over 500 cadets representing 27 countries around the world including China. In appreciation of the immense impact China has on the […]
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Kent Place Students “Splash Into Science” During Summer Trip to Florida
More than 20 Kent Place Middle and rising Upper School students and four faculty and staff members chose to spend a portion of their summer breaks this June in Florida for the “Splash into Science” Global Service Learning trip. This trip was far beyond a typical science field trip. The girls hiked the Everglades at […]
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Finding Community In Science
How does industrial waste create stress on coastal wildlife? For the last eight summers, the Lisman Research Laboratories at the Riverdale Country School has been investigating the effects of environmental contaminants on organisms native to the Bronx River estuary. On a recent June day, Dr. Rachel Cox, a biology teacher and director of the lab, […]
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Creating Leaders in the Agricultural Revolution
Last year, in their upper-level Agricultural Research science course, Scattergood Friends School students used their campus’s 10-acre organic farm as a living laboratory to see how humans interact with nature. They asked essential questions about farm processes, completed literature reviews, researched and designed studies, and ultimately presented their findings at the Iowa State Science Fair. […]
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First Chinese Language Class Graduates from Kent Place School
Kent Place School is pleased to announce that the first group of students to take Chinese language classes at Kent Place graduated on May 31. The Chinese language program at Kent Place began in 2009 after two years of research by World Language Department Chair Katharine MacCornack and then Kent Place Director of Studies Gayle […]
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Students Gain Perspective at the Border
Each fall, Sandia Prep students in Claudio Pérez’ Spanish 5A Border Studies class, “The Neglect of Women Workers and the New Era of Hope,” travel to the El Paso-Juárez border. They come for a day-long immersion education program that acquaints them with the various issues surrounding immigration and border relations. The students speak and interact […]
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AUP Speaks (and is heard!)
To culminate the inaugural year of American University Preparatory School (AUP) in Los Angeles, the school hosted an event called AUP Speaks. The event took place on Friday, May 29th at the L.A. Hotel Downtown. Guests included academics from UCLA and USC, local non-profits, community leaders, consulate representatives, and independent professionals. AUP Speaks was created […]
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The Lindy 500 Kinetic Sculpture Race
This contest wasn’t just about speed, or style, or creativity, or engineering integrity, or wit. (Although those attributes earned points.) Riverdale’s Lindy 500 this year honored sustained effort, and the winning entry, The High-Top, earned its place through hours of out-of-class time on designing and building a fleeter sneaker. Named for the school’s Linda M. […]