Grade Level
Upper
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Inspired learning in and out of the classroom
Last year, the sophomores of Lake Forest Academy visited the Ragdale Foundation, a private institution on the grounds of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw’s summer home in Lake Forest, Illinois. Ragdale hosts over 150 writers, composers, and artists for short residencies throughout the year and offers them a quiet setting to work and interact with […]
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Indoors and Out, Students Gain New Perspectives in “Learning Expeditions”
“Learning Expeditions,” semester-long programs at Watershed School, engage high school students in long-term, in-depth investigations of rich topics or themes through fieldwork, service, and real-world context. This spring, mid-way through their study of the Civil Rights Movement, ninth and tenth graders will leave their classrooms to spend a week touring the American south; eleventh and […]
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Kent Place Students Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a Day of Service
On Monday, January 19, the Kent Place Diversity and Equity Parent Group hosted the fifth annual community-wide Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service to celebrate, reflect and serve in the name of Dr. King’s legacy. For this year’s Day of Service, themed “Understanding and Responding to Homelessness in Our Community,” Kent Place collaborated […]
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Lake Forest Country Day School LEGO Robotics Team Competes at State Tournament
Lake Forest Country Day School (LFCDS) sent LEGO robotics team “Healthy Hippos” to the Illinois FIRST LEGO League State Competition on Saturday, January 17. Hosted at Elgin Community College, the 64-team competition featured teams from across the state competing for an opportunity to advance to a championship tournament. Team “Healthy Hippos” is composed of seventh-grade […]
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Dunn Students Trek to Study Ecosystems
Students in Dunn’s AP Environmental Science class took a three-day trek through Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties to investigate ecosystems. Dunn School, in Los Olivos, California, serves boarding and day students in grades 6-12. Students started by uncovering coastal ecology and ecosystems at the Guadalupe Dunes and Oso Flaco Lake. They tested […]
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Outdoor Education Brings a School Community Together
This winter, kindergarten and first graders at Riverstone International School are learning to ice skate; second and third graders are trying out Nordic skiing; fifth graders are learning about ecosystems and adaptations at an outdoor science school. Older students are camping in snow caves and hiking through the Sawtooth Mountains. That’s because Riverstone’s Outdoor Education […]
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International High School students hold their first-ever TEDx
On December 6, 2014 in San Francisco, CA, International High School students organized their first-ever TEDx conference–completely on their own. Topics included taking into account the user experience when designing transportation; looking critically at factors that influence girls’ self-perception; how gaming can be useful in education; and not confusing digital images for modern-day heroes valued […]
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McCallie School Students Explore the Habits and Genetics of Jellyfish
A visitor to the fifth floor science wing in McCallie’s Maclellan Academic Building would likely do a double- take upon passing the classroom of Dr. Karah Nazor. Visible through the large windows are tanks filled with nearly 300 jellyfish. Dr. Nazor and 10 students have undertaken a marine biology project that experts say few if […]
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International High School students honored for service in Ethiopia
On November 18, 2014, the Oakland City Council (CA) honored International High School students for their work in Ethiopia last spring. Senior Edom Tadesse’s dream was to someday travel to Ethiopia, so she recruited 14 students and organized a cultural and service learning trip. With the main focus of the trip to help rebuild TanaEyesus […]
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Applied Physics and Design–Toboggan Making
Teachers George Tahan and Tyson Trautz are team teaching a course in Conceptual Physics that features a one-day-a-week session in Applied Physics and Design during which the students make toboggans. Boys design their toboggans using CAD (Computer Aided Design) software, and go over to the wood shop to build them.
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Overlake Students Taking Mandarin Make Music Video
Overlake Students taking Mandarin 5 took it upon themselves to make a music video. The students re-worked the song “Welcome to Beijing” to “Welcome to Overlake,” and shot the video on our beautiful campus. There are no subtitles on the video, but you can enjoy the lyrics below: Overlake 欢迎你 Welcome to Overlake by中文五班 By […]
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How Exchanges Become Inspiration
In 2010, Flintridge Preparatory School’s Nicaragua Initiative was envisioned as a typical summer exchange program, with five Spanish students travelling to Managua. The passionate involvement of one participant — rising senior Naomi Hatanaka — provided inspiration that continues today, says Spanish teacher Manuel Nuñez, who oversees the program. “I didn’t have an awareness of what […]