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Up, up and away! Hot Air Balloon Event at Purnell School
Did you realize the hot air balloon is the oldest successful human carrying flight technology? On the evening of Friday October 10th, Purnell School hosted a community science event featuring hot air balloons. The event highlighted a Remax Balloon, part of the world largest fleet of balloons. Remax pilot, Captain Bob Mueller, presented the program […]
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Put on Your Math Goggles! Creating and Interpreting Bar Graphs Using “The Starry Night”
Kindergarteners enrolled at All Saints’ Episcopal School recently donned their math goggles and engaged in a rich, interdisciplinary activity using the visual arts as a lens. The children learned about and viewed several images of the artwork of Vincent van Gogh, the Dutch Post-Impressionist painter best known for his self-portraits, paintings of sunflowers and irises, […]
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Put on Your Math Goggles! Seeing Math in a Jasper Johns
Second graders at All Saints’ Episcopal School recently donned their math goggles and engaged in an exploration of place value using the visual arts as a lens. Students learned about the American painter, Jasper Johns (1930 – present), famous for his iconic targets, maps, and flags, and then created their own color numeral in the […]
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Sixth Graders Become Leaders While Helping Others
The Sixth Grade Leadership Program at Rohan Woods School underscores one of the central parts of its educational and cultural philosophy: inside every child is a leader waiting to be discovered. One feature of the program is a monthly class, led by Head of School Sam Templin-Page, which addresses topics such as developing positive character […]
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State-of-the-Art Playground Supports Intelligent Play
Early Childhood and Lower School students at Ranney School in Tinton Falls, NJ, are returning to school this September to find an amazing new playground on their campus. Young students can now enjoy expansive all-weather turf for safer play (no more wood chips!) and intelligent-play equipment, designed by Berliner Seilfabrik. The new equipment allows children […]
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Middle Schoolers Explore World Problems On Outdoor Adventures
The three-day field trip that kicks off each year of middle school at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School inspires the young teens to think deeply about issues of social justice and their own role in solving world problems. This year’s adventures took place at The Great Smoky Mountain Institute at Tremont in Tennessee, and focused […]
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Writing Program Helps Students Find the Right Direction
Thomas Jefferson (TJ) School puts a high priority on cultivating an independent mind; so the new extracurricular Writer-in-Residence program for students in grades 7-12 is an exciting addition to this year’s schedule. Led by 2007 TJ graduate Nate Myers, who returns to the school after several years in the Los Angeles film industry, the program […]
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Middle Schoolers Explore How Education Works
The Exploratory Program for Middle Schoolers at Principia School in St. Louis provides choice, variety, and balance, challenging students to try the untried and to expand their educational horizons. Delivered in a flexible format that allows for small group and individual work, most classes are electives and include students from all three grade levels. There’s […]
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Students Join Global Challenge for Creative Play
Preparations are under way for the third annual Global Cardboard Challenge at The Wilson School on October 11. Sponsored by the Imagination Foundation, children from all over the world are invited to enjoy a day of play while building “something amazing out of cardboard, recycled materials, and imagination.” Last year, Wilson was the only St. […]
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Girls Bridging Communities: project based, collaborative, and connected learning for girls.
Girls Bridging Communities (GBC) summer camp took place the last two weeks of July at The Ellis School. Founded by Ellis Alumni Chelsea Canedy, 13′ and co-sponsored by The Ellis School, GBC engages middle school girls from across the Pittsburgh region to explore robotics, maker education and collaboration/leadership skills. Through peer mentoring, high school student […]
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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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Life-shaping Experiences
Experiential learning is a daily part of an EDS education. From a life-shaping Outward Bound experience to a Science/Spanish trip to Costa Rica – Episcopal Day School is committed to preparing students for learning and for life.