Videos
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Advice to My 30 Year Old Self
Students from Julia Morgan School for Girls, a 6-8 grade middle school in Oakland, CA, were asked what advice they would give to their 30 year old self. The video was produced by Career Girls, a local non-profit organization dedicated to highlighting diverse women role models for girls.
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‘Iolani School’s Redesigned Art Space
‘Iolani School redesigned its Lower School art room to provide a more open and creative space for students. Here, a special “hands on” project demonstrates why the arts at ‘Iolani are alive and thriving.
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Silence Is Not An Option
In seventh grade history at Riverdale Country School, students learn about governing by doing it. During the year, teachers lead the class through six simulations that dramatize the units of study: formation of government, the legislative process, foreign policy, the Supreme Court, citizen advocacy, and elections. Students take on the roles of activists, lobbyists, legislators, […]
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Lost In The Game: A Musical Story of Relationships, Sex and Gender Politics
Durham Academy a cappella group XIV Hours takes on hookup culture, relationships and respect as reflected in pop culture and music. Their music video, in three acts, breaks down some of the sexist lyrics and themes that teens navigate every day. The students’ powerful, poignant message is also inspiring, as they close emphasizing a sense […]
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Upper School Retreat: Setting The Tone For The Year
One of the oldest and most enduring traditions at Powhatan is the Upper School Retreat. A wonderful event that encourages teamwork and collaboration through two days worth of fun and sometimes challenging events, it is an experience that bonds classmates and teachers alike. “It sets the tone for the year,” says Ann Robb, Upper School […]
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STEAM Project Turns “Paradise Lost” into Innovative Exploration
When sophomores at Stone Ridge School begin their foray into John Milton’s Paradise Lost, a unique STEAM project encourages their scientific exploration and inquiry in a cross-disciplinary context — “something like Satan on the brink of the Abyss embarking on his own epic journey,” says Upper School English teacher Stephany Fontanone. In this lesson, traditional […]
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Thinking Outside The Box
Riverdale Country School is constructing a new classroom building on its Lower School campus so students will be “camping out” in temporary units this year. Temporary but not ordinary. Using creative design and input from the students, Riverdale has turned the Learning Complex into a fun and funny place to learn. The students may never […]
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Emerging Leader Program with The Hershey Company
When MHS senior Ethan Stratton shops, he looks at products differently than most other consumers. That’s because he spent his summer interning with the Marketing and Sales Department of The Hershey Company. “I’m seeing how a company markets and sells their product, and everything that goes into it. My mentors here are building on what […]
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Minecraft at Iolani
‘Iolani School teacher Gabriel Yanagihara is combining popular technology with traditional studies, and he is changing the landscape of learning for his students. Required reading is no longer just that- in Minecraft classes, students recreate the physical layout of a book within the game, as well as build new communities, explore space, and join the […]
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Hands on Lake Studies
High School students from across the country get a chance to experience hands on lake studies while attending a semester at Conserve School, an environmentally focused semester school in the northwoods of Wisconsin. The school’s 1200 acre campus has access to eight lakes, providing students with a variety of settings to develop their water quality […]
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Creating Leaders in the Agricultural Revolution
Last year, in their upper-level Agricultural Research science course, Scattergood Friends School students used their campus’s 10-acre organic farm as a living laboratory to see how humans interact with nature. They asked essential questions about farm processes, completed literature reviews, researched and designed studies, and ultimately presented their findings at the Iowa State Science Fair. […]
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Animation and Activism
Inspired by Riverdale Country School’s message of social engagement, a sixth grader created an animation about the plight of Gummi Bears.