Videos
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Character Through Comedy
Comedy is harder than it looks. This fall, the Riverdale Middle School created “School Night Live,” an original sketch comedy production featuring sharks, elves, tap dancers, pop singers, a Donald Trump impersonator and hundreds of one liners. The work took creativity – and commitment. “The nature of sketch comedy demands bold choices,” says Laura Desmond, […]
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Week of Code Expands to P.E. and the Arts
Burke’s hosted its second annual week of Hour of Code activities in December. Close to 75 activities kept students in all grades busy throughout each day of the week, from early Open Code before classes started to playing coding games in Tree House after school. We saw students taking part in activities such as: -Coding […]
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Girls in Government, Leadership, and Service Make It Into Change.org’s 2015- Year in Change Video
The Girls in Government, Leadership, and Service at Julia Morgan School for Girls in Oakland, CA is honored to have been chosen out of 200,000 petitions to be included in Change.org’s 2015 – Year in Change video. The girls are featured around 15 seconds into the video about their petition to pass the ERA.
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Students share a message of gratitude with families . . . and beyond
At The Seven Hills School in Walnut Creek, California, gratitude is one of the shared values of the school community. Opportunities abound for students to express their gratitude for all of the positives in their lives – family and friends, home and school, adventure and quiet time. They also learn to celebrate the challenges that […]
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Internship Program Proves Experience IS the Best Teacher
Each February, a two-week Winter Internship program at The Field School allows students to immerse themselves in the “real world.” It’s a little different for each of them — volunteering in a senior center; tutoring younger students; shadowing a Member of Congress; or experiencing the workplace alongside a zoologist, doctor, or art gallery curator. Holly […]
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Girls, Tinkering, and Science
The Hewitt School sixth graders in this video have been challenged to apply their knowledge of potential and kinetic energy in constructing a “Rube Goldberg” machine that will use a series of mechanical steps to ring a bell. And while the assignment is pretty lo-tech, that really doesn’t matter. Research tells us that girls learn […]
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Students Extend Kindness, Respect in International Service Trips
Each spring, groups of 12-16 Wasatch Academy students participate in two-week international service trips. Recent adventures have included China, India, Costa Rica, Panama, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The program is in keeping with the school’s mission to bridge the gap between diverse groups of individuals by living in a culture of kindness. Students have helped to […]
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What Can Hip Hop Teach Us About Life?
St. Luke’s educator, Jim Foley, shares his love of hip hop music and masterfully weaves in lessons about anger, oppression, expression, and the mind-blowing power of words and imagery.
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Engaging Alumni: The School of Today
Graduates of ‘Iolani School return to campus to experience being students again. While they discover that ‘Iolani’s excellence is being perpetuated, they also learn about the fun, innovative and creative ways students of today are learning. Alumni visit the Sullivan Center for Innovation and Leadership where real-world studies take place each day.
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Shakespeare & 21st Century Skills
Traditions and rituals help cement a school’s identity while signaling what a school values. This tradition has been a part of the school since the early 1960s, and the annual Shakespeare play is rite of passage for the eighth grade class. And while the play itself is a massive undertaking for these students, there are […]
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Battle Ground Academy: Success Starts Here
Battle Ground Academy is an independent, coeducational K-12 school in the heart of Franklin, Tennessee. Our mission is to ignite and nurture student curiosity, intellect, and character.
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Inspired by S.A.I.L. – Science & Art Integrated Learning
Shore’s unique S.A.I.L. (Science and Art Integrated Learning) program for pre-k through third grade encourages learners to explore the world through creativity. Young students learn to appreciate the beauty and wonder of the natural world through hands-on explorations as both artists and scientists, and through experimentation with a variety of media. Children are inspired and […]