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Social Justice Program Shows Students Multiple Perspectives, Real-Life Experiences
The Class of 2018 at The Cambridge School of Weston will be the first to complete the school’s four-year social justice graduation requirement. Students must take at least 12 courses that reflect the diverse viewpoints, complexity, and richness of the multicultural world they live in. They explore multiple perspectives, examine models of social change, and […]
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Broadway’s Hamilton Meets Harvard Business School
Gann Academy is beta-testing a novel approach to teaching American history as part of a pilot program developed by Harvard Business School. The program asks students to step into critical historical moments when difficult decisions were made, assume the personas of key figures, then argue their positions. “It’s a fascinating way of having students relive […]
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Gann Academy's Arabic Program is Opening New Doors for Students
Ninth grader Danielle Bejerano’s first language is Hebrew, her second language is English, and Arabic will now be her third. Danielle is taking first-year Arabic at Gann, one of several world languages students can study in addition to Hebrew. Two levels of Arabic are currently offered, with plans to add additional classes in the coming […]
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Students Hone Leadership, Collaborative Skills in Challenging “Call to Adventure”
For about one-third of every school year, participants in the “Call to Adventure” Affinity Group at South Kent School challenge themselves and develop strong leadership skills through activities such as making small cliff/waterfall jumps, navigating caves, and climbing mountains. One example occurs each spring, when a group of 11th, 12th, and post-graduate students aims for […]
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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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White Shirt Project
Eighth graders presented their highly anticipated White Shirt Projects to a full house Thursday evening. Students chose an array of different contemporary artists, and their work explored themes ranging from Civil Rights to their journey at GUS–where they had been and where they hoped to go in the future. “I am always in awe of […]
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Why Mindfulness Matters in Education
Research has proven that practicing mindfulness-based meditation and yoga in the classroom improves students’ focused attention and self-awareness, which contribute to academic success. Mindfulness-based practices also offer measurable health benefits and can reduce anxiety and depression. These valuable activities have become part of the daily routine in the second grade at Glen Urquhart School. Every […]
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The Global Citizenship Institute Helps Students Create Action Plans to Address Issues of Local and Global Significance
Global citizenship is an essential part of education in our highly interconnected 21st century world. As students and teachers we have a responsibility to understand the impact of these interconnected systems on the world at large. The Global Citizenship Institute is is an innovative collaboration between Salzburg Global Seminar in Austria and St. Mark’s School […]
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Applied Physics and Design–Motorboat Project
Belmont Hill Form III students recently traveled to Concord River in Bedford, MA to test drive motorboats built in their Conceptual Physics class with Mr. Trautz and Mr. Tahan. The boats were an applied physics and design project, in which the boys designed the boats using CAD software and prototyped them using markup models. The […]
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Classroom Inspirations May Provide Real-World Solutions
Students in Maya Crosby’s Anatomy and Physiology class at Lincoln Academy are asked to integrate real-world applications into their work. The curriculum includes various case studies, along with a certification in first aid, discussions of ethics, and the use of technology. One result from this year’s efforts may be a patent-worthy idea. Senior Alejandro Ramos […]
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Gould Academy: Using Design Thinking to Inspire Creative Confidence
Gould Academy’s new Marlon Family IDEAS Center – which stands for Innovation, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Arts and Science – boasts an entire floor of dedicated maker and design thinking space that supports innovation and collaboration through building creative confidence. Applying design thinking to this creative space is based on years of practice at the Institute […]
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Stoneleigh-Burnham Connects with NASA
Stoneleigh-Burnham School students had the chance to connect with NASA through a video conference hosted by NASA’s Digital Learning Network at the Kennedy Space Center. In the video conference on Stoneleigh-Burnham’s campus, students were able to speak directly with Dr. Lenore Rasmussen, a polymer chemist, and founder and Chief Technology Officer of Ras Labs. Dr. […]
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High Altitude Balloon Mission
South Kent School’s first High Altitude Balloon mission marked the culmination of one of the Fall term’s Center for Innovation classes. The students launched and recovered their payload after a three hour flight and a distance of approximately 130 miles . “Cardinal I” was a triangular frame piloted by veteran Mission Commander C. “Red” Bird. […]
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St. Luke’s Was Hacked
St. Luke’s School hosted its second annual 48-hour Hackathon. More than sixty students (and a few parents) participated, including 12 students and faculty guests from Wooster School. The goal of the Hackathon is to immerse in creating something…anything. A toy, a game, a serious solution to a problem. Something you wish existed but doesn’t—yet. “We […]
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Students Get Hands-on Research Experience
Seven Stoneleigh-Burnham School students have been accepted into the ASPIRE program in the Polymer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The program gives high school students in grades 10-12 who are interested in science, technology, and engineering experience doing hands-on experiments in laboratories. Stoneleigh-Burnham students accepted into the ASPIRE program are: […]
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School-wide Hour of Code Event at Stoneleigh-Burnham
The entire Stoneleigh-Burnham School student community, along with many adults, participated in a registered international Hour of Code on December 9, 2015. Part of Computer Science Education Week, the Hour of Code is an introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics. Andrea Tehan Carnes, STEAM coordinator […]
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What Can Hip Hop Teach Us About Life?
St. Luke’s educator, Jim Foley, shares his love of hip hop music and masterfully weaves in lessons about anger, oppression, expression, and the mind-blowing power of words and imagery.
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Letting Go the Reins at the Middle School Harkness Table
Five years ago Shore Country Day School decided to embrace the Harkness pedagogy as a way to teach primary sources in our Grade 8 history curriculum. It has been so successful that we have incorporated elements of it down into the lower grades. Developing a classroom of fully engaged middle schoolers makes a lot of […]
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Students Excel in Public Speaking and Head to World Championship
At the International Independent Schools Public Speaking Competition (IISPSC) in Toronto Oct. 23-26, Stoneleigh-Burnham School placed first among U.S. schools, and Claire Lane ’16 earned a spot at the world championship. Lane was the top speaker in Dramatic Interpretation. Lane will join Clara Swartzentruber ’16 at the World Debating and Public Speaking Championship in March […]
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Inspired by S.A.I.L. – Science & Art Integrated Learning
Shore’s unique S.A.I.L. (Science and Art Integrated Learning) program for pre-k through third grade encourages learners to explore the world through creativity. Young students learn to appreciate the beauty and wonder of the natural world through hands-on explorations as both artists and scientists, and through experimentation with a variety of media. Children are inspired and […]
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Semester Program Empowers Students To Become Change Agents
High school juniors accepted into the Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki spend half a year using the natural world as their laboratory, learning the patterns and details of Maine’s coastal ecosystems and discovering how best to form environmentally sustainable communities. The curriculum also allows students to remain on track with academic coursework at their own […]
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Anti-Bias Curriculum Encourages Reflection, Deepens Understanding for Preschool – Eighth Graders
At Lesley Ellis School, anti-bias themes are woven into the curriculum across content areas and grade levels. Teachers are trained to encourage, rather than minimize, discussions of difference, even among their youngest students. The program flourishes because it’s rooted in a solid social and emotional curriculum. In pre-Kindergarten, four-year-olds can work through conflicts at “The […]
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Students Go Beyond Academics in One-to-One Learning
Two classes are never alike at Oxford Academy, a boarding school for young men ages 13-20. Oxford’s one-to-one classes allow students to work in partnership with their teachers to build a course that’s not only right for their learning profile, but also incorporates their personal interests and hands-on activities. In an Applied Mathematics course, one […]
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STEAM Project Lets Middle School Girls Design Wearable Technology
At Sacred Heart Greenwich, art and design are seen as essential vehicles for promoting innovation through creativity. Last spring, knowing that the field of electronic textiles—where art and technology intersect—strongly appeals to middle school girls, teachers asked students in these grade levels to imagine the future of wearable technologies and the concept of “smart” clothing. […]
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Walker’s Ecology Students Share Importance of Honeybees with Second Graders
On Wednesday, May 15, sixth grade students in The Ethel Walker School’s Ecology class traveled to an elementary school in Simsbury, Connecticut to present to second grade students about the importance of honeybees. The Walker’s students discussed the process of pollination, threats to the honeybee population, and why honeybees should be protected. The students were […]
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The Ethel Walker School to Launch Nation’s First All-Girls Horizons Program
Individuals and organizations from the Hartford, Connecticut community recently gathered at the Hartford Public Library Kitchen Cafe for the inaugural Horizons Heroes Breakfast to learn more about Horizons at The Ethel Walker School, Hartford’s first Horizons program and the first all-girls Horizons site in the country. Horizons is a nationally recognized program with a 50-year […]
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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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#EarthDay #wintermatters
We care about climate in western Maine and are teaming up with the author of DEEP The Story of Skiing and The Future of Snow and watching the film Chasing Ice to start our Earth Day events. Campus energy use tours, a celebration of local foods, vernal pool tours, reclaiming run off water for gardening, […]
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Throwing A Little Light On To The Subject
At Applewild School, our community of learners and doers are educated as twenty-first century learners and thinkers are fully engaged and ready to make a difference in their communities and their world. All students learn to craft in our two woodworking shops. Each Spring will find fourth graders busily building, painting, and learning about electric […]
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For Walker’s Students, Spring Break Spent Building Homes with Heart
Ten students from The Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, CT traveled to Bryan/College Station, TX for a spring break service trip, during which they worked with the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity helping to build homes and sheds for members of the community. From caulking and filling in nail holes to painting, priming and […]
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SBS Student Selected for Highly Competitive South Africa Summer Program
Stoneleigh-Burnham School junior McKim Jean-Pierre has been selected to receive a full, merit-based scholarship to attend an intensive summer leadership training program in South Africa. McKim was one of 15 students selected from 200 applicants for the highly competitive Experiment Leadership Institute, a program of The Experiment in International Living (EIL). McKim is an International […]
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Whose Classroom Is It Anyway?
For days or even weeks before the first day of school, teachers all over the world are busy setting up their classrooms. There are bulletin boards to be covered, supplies to be organized, notebooks and folders to be labeled, books to be sorted and displayed…..but in the 4th grade classroom at Charles River School, teachers […]
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PreK Robotics Program
Like all students at the thematically driven Charles River School, PreKindergarteners are encouraged to ask questions, explore concepts with a hands-on approach, and reflect freely on what they learn and understand. This approach was the backbone of a robotics theme that was first introduced last year and will continue with this year’s PreK class. Teachers […]
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Living Classroom Being Constructed at Charles River School
On the outskirts of the Charles River School campus in Dover lies a piece of land owned by the school that is often overlooked. To the untrained eye, the land appears to be an overgrown plot with some soggy soil, but if given the chance to explore, you will see much more. The land is […]
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J-Term—A Novel Approach to Learning at St. Luke’s School
St. Luke’s School’s freshman class recently had the exciting opportunity to be the first students to experience J-Term, or January-Term—a novel approach to learning that moved students out of the traditional classroom setting and into a project-based, student-led learning experience. According to Head of Upper School Liz Perry, J-Term began with this question: “What is […]
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SBS Dancers Perform Original “Madeline” Dance at Eric Carle Museum
Stoneleigh-Burnham School Advanced Dancers performed an original dance at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Mass. as part of the museum’s recent celebration of the 75th anniversary of the book Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans. SBS dancers were honored by the invitation by the musem to perform the dance, “Madeline,” choreographed by […]
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SBS Student Earns Invitation to Prestigious World Debate Competition
A junior at Stoneleigh-Burnham School has been selected for the U.S. team that will compete at the World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championship in Hong Kong in April. With this prestigious invitation, Claire Lane of Greenfield, Mass., becomes the 14th Stoneleigh-Burnham student to compete at the world level. At the World Championship, Claire will […]
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Crafting Unique Lessons at Mead
What makes a lesson at Mead different from those at other schools? At Mead, educators work together to create meaningful work that expands beyond their individual classrooms. See how teachers Alessandra Larson and Jenet Dibble combine Language Arts, Movement, Social Studies, and Fine Art curriculums around a common theme to activate students’ minds on multiple […]
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Coding For All Ages: Nashoba Brooks Undertakes School-wide Coding Initiative
In late December, 2014, the entirety of Nashoba Brooks School united in pursuit of a common goal: coding. Participating in the global movement Hour of Code, students in Preschool through Grade 8 devoted a full morning to tackling a variety of coding projects. In every subject, students will encounter setbacks; in coding, where a seemingly […]
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Park School & PSite: Rethinking Time and Learning
Imagine the impact on your child if he or she were given an authentic, real-world problem to tackle with one week of uninterrupted school time collaborating with peers and learning from outside experts. These are the goals Park School’s Institute for Transformative Education (PSite) strives to reach, under the leadership of Kimberly Formisano and Elaine […]
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Oceanography Students Contribute to Data Analysis
Science Department Chair Cecelia Pan is incorporating real life research into her curriculum. Students in her Oceanography class are helping scientists and other researchers analyze their over-abundance of data by logging in to a crowd-sourcing data analytic website called zooniverse.com. Students analyze and record results online. Many students are studying photographs of penguin habitats, counting […]
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The Ethel Walker School Explores Systemic Racism in the Criminal Justice System on MLK Day
Each year on MLK Day, instead of taking a day off, members of The Ethel Walker School community actively engage in expanding their knowledge and renewing their commitment to social justice. This year’s programming focused on systemic racism in the U.S. criminal justice system, and was developed and facilitated by students. Students who participated in […]
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Clubs Team Up To Fight Hunger
The Green Team and the Community Service Club at Stoneleigh-Burnham School have joined forces to help local families in need of food. The clubs have begun a returnable bottle initiative to raise money for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, a charitable organization that works to reduce hunger and increase food security. Club members Claire […]
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STEAM Students Work on Product Business Project
Students in the STEAM Lab are currently working on a product business project. The class has been divided into creative, production, and business teams to figure out how best to bring a concept through production and into a lucrative business. Using the vinyl cutter and steam press that STEAM Director Chris Hardman acquired with his […]
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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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A New Dimension of Performance
As an instrumentalist at Walnut Hill, there are many chances to perform. Between solo recitals, chamber concerts, and performances with New England Conservatory Prep, our young musicians are no strangers to the stage; but this November, a number of them participated in something totally new. On November 9, eleven students spent a Saturday afternoon performing […]
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MIT Edgerton Center/Meadowbrook eurekaLab Collaboration
The MIT Edgerton Center has joined with Meadowbrook in its initiative to integrate design thinking and making into the curriculum, professional development, and school culture. In return, Meadowbrook will be a testing site for the Edgerton Center for developing K-8 curriculum and serve as a model program for future independent school collaborations.
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Hands-on History: Standing on the Timeline of Human History
The timelines that historians use to visualize change over time can be baffling to sixth graders. How can a person who has been alive for eleven years conceptualize millions of years of life on earth? Or understand how comparatively brief man’s time on earth has been? “I always taught the concepts of scale and sense […]
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Middle School Program Emphasizes Social, Emotional Learning
In their weekly Advisory period, Middle Schoolers at Independent Day School tackle a framework of role-playing exercises that build from grades 6-8. They focus progressively on empathy and communication, bullying prevention, emotion management and coping, problem solving, goal setting and decision making, and substance abuse prevention. It’s part of the school’s social and emotional learning […]
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Brimmer and May Students Launch Digital News Site
At 7:45 a.m., students launched The Gator (BMGator.com), the student news site of Brimmer and May. Replete with not just written content, but also podcasts, videos, photos, live stream, and other interactive content, viewers will enjoy prime access to campus news and events. The site runs on WordPress, the same platform that powers many of […]
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One Pie at a Time
Ask David Yu how many pies he had made before this summer and he’ll tell you “none.” Ask him how many pies he’s baked since moving to Lunenburg, MA to attend Applewild School in Fitchburg and the answer will be “many.” One of those pies was an apple pie he submitted to the Apple Pie […]
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One Day in the Life of Dana Hall’s 21st Century Classroom
During the summer of 2014, two of Dana Hall’s learning spaces were transformed into state-of-the-art 21st century classrooms. Built to facilitate students and teachers collaborating and connecting in the classroom and around the world, these educational spaces encourage student-centered, media-driven and personalized learning. The installations include flexible furniture, a custom built multi-media Learning Wall and […]
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Dancing her way to the U.S. Naval Academy
Our Class of 2014 graduates are off to some incredible places this fall! After graduating as a three-year dance major from Walnut Hill, Rosie Silverstein ’14 will be attending the U.S. Naval Academy. She took time to share her thoughts on her Walnut Hill experience and her upcoming training and education. 1) What made you […]
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Applewild’s Seed to Lunch Teaching Garden – It’s What’s “Growing” On Campus!
Applewild’s seed to lunch program’s teaching garden is a hot spot of campus activity. Students design the garden from the “floor” up. They research flowering plants to attract pollinators, design and build bird houses, and plan how to maintain the garden over the summer months. Students turn the warm soil and using methods taught in […]
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Applewild Jazz Band Delights Visitors at Fitchburg Art Museum
Visitors to Fitchburg Art Museum’s Art in Bloom exhibit opening on May 1st, couldn’t help but smile. They were greeted with a spontaneous “pop-up” concert by the eighth grade members of Applewild’s Jazz Band. After a gathering drum beat, members of the Jazz Band began to fill the Simonds Building lobby. Adding one, two, or […]
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Inly School Has Fun With Creativity Cans
Inly School, an independent Montessori school on Boston’s South Shore, hosted a Creativity Can event. All K–8 students gathered in the Meehan Family Artsbarn for one hour to make creatures using Faber-Castell Creativity Cans. It was a joy to see what each student came up with. All of the creatures were totally unique. But the […]
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Inly School 8th Graders Spend Two Weeks at Innovation Lab
Each spring, eighth graders from Inly Middle School participate in NuVu, a full-time magnet innovation studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prior to this partnership, NuVu worked exclusively with high schools. NuVu’s founder and Chief Excitement Officer is Saeed Arida. When asked about the partnership with Inly, Arida said, “We are excited to be working with Inly […]
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Student-led Orchestra: From Inspiration to Reality
At the start of his junior year, music major Colin Roshak ’14 noticed something. He loved participating in small chamber ensembles at Walnut Hill and playing his clarinet as part of New England Conservatory’s Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, but something was missing. He wanted another chance to make music with the classmates he admired, in a […]
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Greens Farms Academy’s New Seed to Table Program
Garden-based education at Greens Farms Academy has recently expanded through its Seed to Table program. The program is now fully integrated into the Lower School curriculum and is steadily trickling up to the Middle and Upper Schools. Seed to Table inspires students to develop meaningful connections with the world around them through explorations in the […]
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CSI: Walnut Hill
Many of us have seen a movie or television show in which forensic evidence was collected and interpreted. To the untrained eye, the actors seem to know what they’re doing. But, as good as it might look on screen, students who’ve taken Walnut Hill’s new Forensic Science elective can spot the inaccuracies in a heartbeat. […]
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Friends Academy Second Grade Skypes with World Wildlife Fund
Carter Roberts, President of the World Wildlife Fund took time out of his schedule to Skype with second grade Friends Academy students of Brigid Conlon and Alyson Gangi in early June. Roberts learned about the students and their work for the WWF from Sallie Barker, who had been reading to the class and leading an […]
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Cardigan’s Charles C. Gates Invention & Innovation Competition
The Gates program at Cardigan began seven years ago, thanks to the inspiration of past parent, Diane Wallach P’06, whose late father, Charlie Gates, was himself an inventor and innovator. With the support of the Gates Frontier Fund, the Charles C. Gates Invention & Innovation Competition program was able to get off the ground in […]
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iPad Program Puts Dana Hall on Leading Edge of Mobile Learning
Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Mass. launched a 1:1 iPad Program for students and faculty. Teachers adjusted their curricula accordingly, making sure that students get the most out of what the innovative devices have to offer. In just one school year, iPads have become an integral part of daily life at Dana Hall. Both in […]
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Kingsley’s Scholarship Video
A video that highlights the importance of Kingsley’s scholarship funding that affords students with the experience to participate in our unique, offering of the Foundational Decade– a blend of both innovative programming and proven Montessori methods that challenges and cultivates the best potential in every student.
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Engineering Class Visits Draper Labs in Cambridge, MA
Upper School Engineering students visited Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, MA. They met with a rocket scientist who showed them a video demonstration of GENIE, a completely autonomous rocket and planetary landing guidance system. A few Draper employees demonstrated a quadrotor drone equipped with a camera guided GPS system for navigating areas not receptive to conventional […]
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Ninth Annual Bissell Grogan Symposium
Brimmer and May School held its ninth annual Kenyon Bissell Grogan Humanities Symposium, Seeking a Better World: Individuals Working for Change. The Keynote speaker, Dr. Jonathan Gruber, P ’18, spoke about “Health Care Reform in the U.S.: Past, Present, and Future.”Mr. Gruber addressed why our health care system is broken and why we need to […]
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Grade 1 Skypes with NASA Astronomer
Dr. Geoffrey Bryden, an astronomer for NASA, skyped with the first grade and answered a question from each student. He works at the Jet Propulsion Lab in California. His work focuses on the relationship between planets and the rubble left over after they form.
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International Baccalaureate Biology Students Raise and Release Brook Trout
Stoneleigh-Burnham School students in IB Biology recently completed their months-long “Trout in the Classroom” project by releasing the Brook Trout they had raised into a state-approved river near the Greenfield, Mass., school. The project began in December when Stoneleigh-Burnham School received 200 eggs from a hatchery in Palmer, Mass. On January 10, the eggs began […]
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Robohand Project – Students Building A 3D-Printed Mechanical Hand
My name is Rich Lehrer and I am an 8th grade science teacher at Brookwood School in Manchester, MA. Over the course of the 2013/2014 school year, I have created a club comprised of thirteen 8th graders from my school and they have been working with me and a senior from The Governor’s Academy in […]
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Investing in elementary school
Schools like Gordon that end in eighth grade have a flavor and mood all their own. They also offer a number of tangible advantages over schools that include high schools. In this video, a soon-to-be graduate in Gordon’s eighth grade reflects on the experience of spending eleven years under one roof. Meanwhile, the video’s title […]
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Ready for a Promising Future
What does the future hold for Winsor girls? In this video, they reflect on what’s ahead for them and their school. In a world of change, they talk about the constancy of friendships and “real community” and the confidence of being ready for anything.
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The Gunnery Experience
At The Gunnery, everything we do revolves around inspiring and challenging students to reach their greatest potential.
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Farming is All in a School Day’s Work for Putney Students
At The Putney School in Vermont, there’s really no such thing as “extra-curricular.” The goal of the 9-12 coed boarding school is to provide students with an experiential education that includes both independence and responsibility. All activities—physical and intellectual, indoors and out—are part of the curriculum. To graduate, students must satisfy six work distribution requirements […]
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Stoneleigh-Burnham Celebrates Engineering Day
Stoneleigh-Burnham School celebrated “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day” by stepping away from regular classes to participate in a day of hands-on engineering challenges. Engineering Day was the capstone of the school’s celebration of National Engineers Week, Feb. 16-22, and was geared toward helping girls and women further themselves in the field of engineering. Rather […]
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Building Bridges to the Future: South Kent Students Learn to Carry Their Own Weight
As teachers, advisers, and classmates cheered them on in the gym, Fourth Form students — as tenth graders at the all-boys South Kent School in Connecticut are called — demonstrated their pre-engineering and pragmatic science skills in the Fourth Form Bridge Challenge. Using only specified materials such as popsicle sticks, the students — members of […]
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The Other Side of the Mason Dixon Line
My ultimate goal as a history teacher is to instill in my students effective habits of mind, one of which is to appreciate diverse perspectives. It makes sense, then, to seek another point of view when introducing the Civil War. This brief video tells the tale of students at two schools, one in Massachusetts and […]
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IB Students Lead Trout in the Classroom Project
Stoneleigh-Burnham School students in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program have begun raising Brook Trout in a large fish tank that sits just inside the entrance to the Jesser Science Building. The Trout in the Classroom project is promoted through the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife and the Trout Unlimited Organization. In mid-December, Stoneleigh-Burnham received […]
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Stoneleigh-Burnham School Students Design City of the Future
Stoneleigh-Burnham School students are participating in the Future City Competition, a national, project-based learning experience where middle school students imagine, design, and build cities of the future. The theme is “Tomorrow’s Transit: Design A Way To Move People In And Around Your City.” Students team up to design a virtual city using SimCity™ software and […]
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Stoneleigh-Burnham Girls Learn to Code
Stoneleigh-Burnham School students are participating in “Hour of Code 2103” as part of National Computer Science Education Week, celebrated Dec. 9-15. Taylor Williams, STEaM coordinator, science teacher and 9th grade class dean, gave an overview of Hour of Code to Stoneleigh-Burnham students, faculty and staff. Designed to introduce basic computer coding to 10 million people, […]
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A novel of 10,000 words begins with a single sentence
In this video, Gordon seventh graders share the opening sentences for their novels, full-blown efforts with five-figure word counts that they completed over the month of November.
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We the People
Maple Street School’s choral music teacher partnered with a local composer and songwriter to create a unique opportunity for our school’s most talented singers. This original song and video about the Constitution is the product of their collaboration. “We the People” is a wonderful interdisciplinary approach to learning American History, and has inspired two additional […]
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History 7 Students Simulate Hunter-Gatherer Life
Hopkins students in History 7 have been studying hominid evolution and early human societies. In order to better answer the question, “Why did homo sapiens migrate around the world?” students engaged in a simulation of Hunter-Gatherer life on the glade between Baldwin Hall and Heath Commons. Divided into rival clans and using tessellation cubes as […]
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Vermont Commons School Students Run a A Campaign for Health Care in South Sudan
Tenth-grade students at Vermont Commons School (VCS) partnered with the Sudan Development Foundation (SUDEF) to create a video about SUDEF’s work bringing health services to villages in rural South Sudan. The partnership grew out of a Challenge 20/20 project undertaken in the students’ Global Studies class, taught by Mark Cline Lucey. The VCS students were […]
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The Gift of Teaching
A teacher’s dream is to work for a school that creates curriculum that resonates and to see students grow through curiosity and self-confidence. At Applewild School, a K-8 independent, co-educational day school with a rigorous accelerated curriculum in Fitchburg, MA, these goals are more than attainable: they’re heartily encouraged. Todd Goodwin is a US History […]
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Her future is our promise
Meet nine Winsor girls and young alumnae and imagine with them what the future holds. The video debuted at the Sept. 28, 2013, launch of “The Winsor Promise” campaign. Dovetailing with the school’s plan for 21st-century teaching and learning, the capital campaign focuses on what the future will demand of girls and of schools. “We […]
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Making Meaning at Walnut Hill
A highlight of life at Walnut Hill School, whose students are all accomplished artists aspiring to higher-level study, are the Making Meaning assemblies, when groups of students share their experiences in collaborative work with the school community. At Walnut Hill, creativity is not about lightning strikes of inspiration or impassioned emoting: it’s about process— what […]
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Animation and Dance Collaborations at the Putney School Summer Programs
The verdant pastures and unfurling meadows of Southern Vermont are an inspiring place to develop creative work. Each summer students come from all over the country and the world to actively participate in a unique community at the Putney School Summer Programs. A pastoral residential setting where students create compelling work in Visual Art, Music, […]
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Using Modern Technology to Recreate Antiquity: Casting Roman Coins in Fay School’s Innovation Lab
Fay Latin teacher Emily Gifford was looking for a creative way to help her seventh, eighth, and ninth grade students learn about ancient Roman currency. Her solution: have students cast ancient coins using 21st-century methods! After researching Roman currency, students designed their own coins to include a Latin epigram and a representation of Roman art. […]
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Unique Environmental Immersion Program Offers Students Sustainable Living and Learning Experience
Choate Rosemary Hall’s Kohler Environmental Center is the 24/7 home to students in a unique, year-long Environmental Immersion Program. Residing and eating at the Center while taking environmentally focused science and humanities classes there, students literally take control of their own environment. Designed by Robert A. M. Stern and situated on a previously unused campus […]
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Courage. Integrity. Leadership. Curiosity. Concern.
A lone figure faces an audience, ready for what feels like the test of a lifetime: “Audition” at Hyde School, where everybody — parents, students, teachers —sings an unaccompanied solo. Terrifying? Sure. But humiliating? No way. As Hyde president Malcolm Gauld says, “You don’t laugh at somebody when you know you’re next.” Audition is a […]
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Berkshire School: One of the STARS in Sustainability
Students learn that sustainability is a serious subject at Berkshire School – even before classes start. At new student orientation, student leaders share with newbies the importance of recycling, saving energy, and making informed purchases. Students also take a diagnostic test to gauge their understanding of key topics in sustainability. Just before graduation, students take […]
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Hotchkiss’s Fairfield Farm Grows Up
The Hotchkiss School’s co-curricular farm program started out with a few curious student pioneers in 2008. These students, who had opted not to join a traditional team activity, met at the school farm five afternoons a week. They cleared trails, learned to identify birds and plants, and harvested a few crops under the supervision of […]