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Poly Prep 4th Graders Paint Keepsake Project
Poly Prep’s 4th graders in Patti Smith’s (Visual Arts) art class reached a rite of passage, putting the finishing touches on their reproductions of paintings by major 20th-century artists on the seats of metal stools, which will become keepsakes of their time at the Lower School.
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Pioneer Days Take Winston Students Back In History
Plowing the fields and washing clothes in a bucket took students at The Winston School in Dallas, Texas back into history at their recent “Pioneer Day.” The school’s third and fourth grade classes gathered with great excitement as they ventured out into their cold wooded playground to meet with their Senior Buddies to experience a […]
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Young chemists at Oak Hill Academy, Lincroft, NJ
From Mrs. Cahalane, Science Teacher, Grades PK – 4: I begin teaching basic chemistry in PK at Oak Hill Academy. All students have the opportunity to use labware found in real chemistry laboratories: graduated cylinders, beakers, test tubes, pipettes, etc. Independent exploration is encouraged! I feel that children need to read about science, hear about […]
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Children’s Garden at Oak Hill Academy
From Mrs. Cahalane, Science Teacher, Grades PK – 4: My students were so excited about starting a Children’s Vegetable Garden at Oak Hill Academy this year! Every child in grades PK – 4 participated in the gardening process. We planted eggplant, tomato, and pepper plants, nurtured them and watched them grow! This was such a […]
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First Grade Engineers at Oak Hill Academy!
Hi! My name is Susan Cahalane and I teach hands-on science to students in grades PK – 4 at Oak Hill Academy in Lincroft, NJ. I believe children are natural scientists and it is my job as their instructor to nurture and develop their innate curiosity. I created an engineering lesson plan entitled Gnome Engineers, […]
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Designing for Innovation
What do you get when you bring together faculty teams from each division and frame mission-focused inquiry around a design thinking framework? You get our first successful Innovation Institute. Over a five-day period this summer, a diverse group of faculty came together to explore the concept of time and how it impacts teaching and learning […]
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The Hill School accepted into ethical education program
The Hill School – along with only four other schools in the country – has been accepted into the Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE) Recognition Program for Excellence in Ethical Education. Last summer, Ellen Nelson, Hill’s chairman of the Arts Department and adviser to the Honor Council, met David Streight, CSEE’s executive director, […]
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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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Country Day School of the Sacred Heart Seniors in Environmental Course Create Solar Lights
Country Day School of the Sacred Heart Environmental Science students created solar lights with Mrs. Meg Tredinnick to complete their unit on Renewable Energy. The lights will charge in the sunshine and glow when there is no sun. The students had to learn some basic electronics and how to solder to make them. Another exercise […]
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Taking “Journeys,” Exploring Challenges
Three times a year, K-12 students at Journeys School of Teton Science Schools in Jackson, Wyoming, examine and explore solutions to issues in their world. Aptly named “journeys,” each unit of study is intentionally designed to teach students to understand and weigh the social, economic, and ecological components of local and global communities, and to […]
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Consciousness-Based Education Equals Success for Maharishi School Students
It’s been an exciting year at Maharishi School, an open-enrollment preschool-grade 12 school in Fairfield, IA, with students garnering accolades in such diverse fields as creative problem-solving, science, and sports. Senior Avery Travis, a National Merit Scholar, credits her school’s “Consciousness-based Education” program for widespread student success, including her own. In May, six Maharishi School […]
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Cadet Leaders Become the Best They Can Be
Along with academics and individual achievements, leadership is one of the important core values cadets learn at Missouri Military Academy (MMA), a boys’ 6-12 college prep boarding school in Mexico, MO. Each spring, a process known as “designation” is a much-anticipated opportunity for juniors to earn a prestigious leadership position in their final year at […]