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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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Living Machine™
Environmental sustainability is a watchword at Darrow School, where solar energy, wind power, energy conservation, and organic food production are parts of the fabric of school life. The Living Machine™, an environmentally advanced treatment facility, processes wastewater from campus buildings via a bio-mimetic system using bacterial and mechanical filtration, with students performing many of the […]
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Individual Development and Community Responsibility (InDeCoRe) at Peck
Great schools and great programs are built around faith in students. The Peck School makes this faith explicit through its award-winning InDeCoRe program. InDeCoRe stands for Individual Development and Community Responsibility. With leadership from administrators, teachers, and students, InDeCoRe programs permeate life at Peck, from Table Talk Tuesdays, when lunch tables hum with conversation around […]
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Menlo’s Bridge to Engineering, Science, and Technology
Secondary school enrollments in computer science, engineering, and physics are notoriously skewed toward boys. But not at Menlo School, thanks in large measure to M-BEST: Menlo’s Bridge to Engineering, Science, and Technology. Approximately 40% of Menlo girls participate in this intensive program in which students research a topic each month and build curricula for day-long […]