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New Partnership Means the Sky’s the Limit as Girls Develop Drones
Last fall, a group of Foxcroft School students were the only all-girls’ team to participate in the Kashmir World Foundation’s (KWF) Da Vinci Drone Challenge, part of a worldwide initiative to develop unmanned aerial vehicles to help save endangered species from poachers. They learned the fundamental components and electronics of remotely operated aerial vehicles, built […]
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Real-World Projects Spark Girls’ Interest in Science
How do middle schoolers at St. Catherine’s School engage in design thinking and experience the engineering process? One example is by learning to build underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). In coordination with their Robotics Genius Hour curriculum, and utilizing the school’s innovative maker spaces, girls gain hands-on experience with tools, electrical circuits, and switches as […]
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Milton Hershey School: On the Cutting-Edge of Cancer Research
While students around the state are spending their days sleeping in and relaxing, rising Milton Hershey School senior Lucas Sproule is participating in an internship at the Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute and setting a course for his future. It’s a personal endeavor for the student who lost his grandmother to kidney cancer. “I have […]
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Pre-Schoolers, Teachers Collaborate in Design Thinking
Emily is wide-eyed with concentration as she skillfully handles an electric screwdriver. There’s a squeal of delight when Olivia completes a circuit. There are the inevitable groans from the class as a tall tower collapses and needs to be built yet again. These are the everyday sights and sounds of excited preschoolers in McGehee School’s […]
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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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Science Fair… With a Twist
This year, we completely changed our science fair. All work was done in the classroom, and we attained authentic student work. More important, we emphasized reflection and sharing with all students. All projects had to display a reflection celebrating successes and sharing particular challenges (or what didn’t work). Many students also included thoughts on what […]
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Rock-n-Roll Academy Helps Middle Schoolers “Come Together”
Who hasn’t dreamed of being in a band? The four-week Rock-n-Roll Academy at University Lake School makes that dream come true for students in grades 5-8. Mentored by Academy facilitator Peter Humphrey-Loving and working in two sound-proof practice rooms fully stocked with audio equipment and instruments, students form bands, decide on their roles (vocals, guitar, […]
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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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Second Graders Share, Embrace Their Identities
Inside a display more like an art installation than a classroom project, fifty second graders at Georgetown Day School presented a living museum about the most important things in their world: each other. Standing on chairs, they spoke eye-to-eye with visitors and described their multidimensional identities in a socio-culturally informed context. Throughout the “Identity Project,” […]
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Old Trail School Raises Funds for Nepal Orphans Home
The Old Trail School community came together to raise funds for victims of the April earthquakes in Nepal. This weekend the School raised $3,500+ at their Charity Rummage Sale to benefit Nepal Orphans Home. Items were donated by families and event volunteers included parents, teachers, administrators and students who were great ambassadors for the School […]
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Students Create Chihuly-Inspired Artwork
Students in Old Trail School’s Early Childhood Program classes have been studying the works of Dale Chihuly, a glass artist who has installations all over the world including: Venice, Finland, Jerusalem, the ceiling of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, and even one at The University of Akron. Students learned about glass blowing and watched […]
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Community Service Heroes
This week, seven Ranney Lower School students and one Middle School student were named Heroes of the Week by a local breast cancer charity called Breast Intentions. The students—second graders James Lawson, Gavin Jones, Cole Serrapica, Sophia Behar, Henry Alston and Desmond Pepe along with sixth-grader Sam Alston and fourth-grader Andrew Pepe—decided on their own […]