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Social Justice Program Shows Students Multiple Perspectives, Real-Life Experiences
The Class of 2018 at The Cambridge School of Weston will be the first to complete the school’s four-year social justice graduation requirement. Students must take at least 12 courses that reflect the diverse viewpoints, complexity, and richness of the multicultural world they live in. They explore multiple perspectives, examine models of social change, and […]
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Want to Make the World a Little Better? Build a Tree House!
When elementary students, ranging in age from 7 to 10, at The Delta School realized there was no playground hang-out to call their own—primary students had a playhouse and intermediate students had a spider climb—they interviewed classmates and settled on two goals: a tree house and some swings. It turned out they couldn’t have both, […]
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Students Offer “Artistic Responses” to New Learning Experiences
Entwined in the DNA of Portland’s Northwest Academy is a regard for students developing proficiency—demonstrating their learning—rather than merely “passing the test.” And that led to this: Grace, a senior, has recreated her bedroom in the back corner of her Senior Thesis class. Collages, posters, and album covers plaster the walls. She’s one of four […]
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Engineering Diploma Program Helps Students Build Their Futures
Students at Pinewood Preparatory School who might be thinking of pursuing an engineering degree in college—and possibly even a future career—now have a chance to get an early start. Starting this year, the Engineering Diploma program exposes high school students to a variety of concepts, skills, and applications that, once completed, will provide a solid […]
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A Deeper Sense of Self
Who am I? A group of Riverdale fifth graders thought about that question as they read and discussed “George,” Alex Gino’s novel for elementary school readers about a transgender girl. Working with the Lower School technology integrators, the students constructed “identity boxes,” demonstrating that what’s visible on the outside “doesn’t define who you are on […]
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A French Tradition Inspires A Character Lesson
Riverdale’s French classes have taken a French tradition, La Fete Des Rois, and made it their own. Their gratitude cards, illustrated and composed with care for the celebration, are dedicated to family, friends, teachers, and role models. They are on display outside of the student center. You don’t have to be a French student to […]
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Students Explore Climate Change’s Effect, Local Responses, Ethical Ramifications
In Watershed School’s Global Climate Change course, juniors are introduced to the science of past and present changes, how human societies could be affected in the future, how governments are responding to what is known, and the issue’s ethical ramifications. It culminates in a class project with a practical component that also educates the public. […]
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Students Engage With the Natural World, Their Local Community in Life Science Class
Last fall, students in Bozeman Field School’s life science class used conceptual work, local field visits, and conversations with experts to gather stories and gain a deeper understanding of the question, “What impacts community?” Science teachers Dalton McCurdy and Tory Dille designed the curriculum to allow their students to hone critical thinking skills while engaging […]
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Giving the Gift of Kindness
While most students enjoy snacks, games, and fun with friends and parents during school parties, one Northland classroom had a much different experience this year. Oakhill Day School’s second-grade class taught by Mrs. Laura Pearce decided that instead of celebrating the upcoming winter break with a party, they would have fun by giving back. In […]
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Old Trail School Grade 7 Students Receive Rookie of the Year Award in Future City Competition
Old Trail School Grade 7 students participated in the Future City Competition and traveled to Columbus on January 20 for the Ohio Regional Competition. Future City is a project-based learning program in which students imagine, research, design and build cities of the future. With the engineering design process and project management front and center, students […]
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Students Bring Historical Midwest Figures Home in Living Museum
First-grade students at Oakhill Day School brought the history of the Midwest to a living museum. In class, students were taught about thirty famous individuals who have shaped American history, all from the region they call home. Figures ranged from Abraham Lincoln, Walt Disney, and Fred Astaire to Oprah Winfrey, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Simone Biles. […]
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Finding Common Ground: Students Gain Global Perspectives Through Self-Study
Sixth graders in Blake’s Humanities classes examine global issues, first by studying themselves, then by delving into others’ perspectives. In their first unit, “The Groups to Which We Belong,” they learn not just how, but why, they see things as they do. Discussions include topics ranging from race, ethnicity, and religion to socio-economics and gender. […]