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  • We Challenge Minds

    6th Graders Decolonize Historical Markers

    As part of the social justice unit on indigenous rights, the 6th graders learned about the purpose, conditions, and lasting impact that American Indian boarding schools had on Native Americans. They created historical markers that tell a more inclusive story of the past by writing new text to more accurately reflect the systematic nature of […]

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  • We Inspire Leadership

    Building Empathy Block By Block

    We play the “Empathy Builders” game created by Jackson Westenskow with sixth graders as an introduction to the two year capstone leadership project called weLEAD. It is a unique and engaging cooperative game designed to foster teamwork and empathy among students without relying on verbal communication. The participants work together to construct an 18-block tower […]

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  • We Encourage Exploration

    Code To Inspire, Create, And Innovate

    For almost a decade, we have dedicated a full day of school to our “Day of Code” for the fifth through seventh graders, and wow has it grown to be one of the highlights of the year. When we started this annual event, it was teachers helping students to immerse themselves in computer programming. Now, […]

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  • We Cultivate Character

    Kid Social Entrepreneurs Work Together For Others

    We introduced the concept of teaching first and fifth graders about social entrepreneurship over seven years ago and never looked back. This spring, our first grade entrepreneurs worked collaboratively with 5th graders for another successful year of the Nifty Note Company. This interdisciplinary project-based learning unit reached across subjects, including media, design, branding, and economics. […]

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  • We Strengthen Communities

    Migration's Cultural Impact

    The theme for the 6th grade social studies curriculum is migration, culture and belonging. One of our project-based learning units is the study of immigration and refugees, and how they influence cultural diffusion through the exchange of ideas and technology. Migration of people results from political, economic, and social factors that push or pull people […]

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  • We Inspire Leadership

    HUMM Institute at Trinity Hall Provides Leadership Outreach to Girls in the Community

    This experiential learning activity was introduced through Trinity Hall’s HUMM Institute, an entrepreneurial ecosystem intentionally designed to encourage young women to explore the business of design through an entrepreneurial lens. This collaborative exercise conducted in joint partnership with a number of students from Holy Cross Academy in Rumson, NJ culminated with the following article highlighting […]

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  • We Challenge Minds

    Fraction Timeline

    Fifth graders at All Saints’ Episcopal School connect mathematics with their own real-life experiences. Students created a number line labeling whole numbers through their age on their next birthday. We discuss ways in which we can take a whole year and divide it evenly into fractional pieces. Students suggest days (/365), weeks (/52), seasons (/4), […]

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  • We Strengthen Communities

    This Is Me: 1st Grade infographics

    Our first grade students start the school year with an exploration of self and family by reading the book called This is How We Do It, One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids From Around the World by Mat Lamothe. The author provides a window into the lifestyles and traditions of other children from […]

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  • We Cultivate Character

    Character Through Service: Branch of the Pine at ULS helps critters in Australia

    At University Lake School we focus on the following character traits, affectionately referred to as “Branches of the Pine.” Intellectual Curiosity Personal Integrity Original Thinking Character through Service. Some of our Lower School students worked during recess to sew joey pouches. The pouches will be sent to Australia to help animals dislodged due to the […]

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  • We Strengthen Communities

    THE GIRLS SCHOOL OF AUSTIN SUPPORTS LOCAL WOMEN AND GIRLS ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL

    To honor the International Day of the Girl on October 11, The Girls School of Austin held a Personal Care Supply Drive benefitting women and girls in the Austin Area. Students, faculty, and staff donated baby supplies, sanitary products, and hair care during this one-day drive. Most of the products collected went to Posada Esperanza […]

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  • We Spark Creativity

    Building a Froebel Playground

    As the inventor of Kindergarten Friedrich Froebel had a profound effect, not only on education, but on culture at large. Frank Lloyd Wright attributed his having become an architect to play with Froebel’s blocks. He said of Froebel’s gifts, 3, 4 and 5, “I can still feel those maple blocks in my hands to this […]

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  • We Challenge Minds

    Ethics and Young Learners: To Squish or Not To Squish?

    Young children have a natural ability to feel empathy and compassion. For that reason, we decided to begin introducing ethics with our Kindergarten students through storytelling. We chose the book, “Hey, Little Ant” by Phillip and Hannah Hoose. It was a prefect tale to spur a dialog with small children about philosophical questions such as […]

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