Videos
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Mindfulness: A Pathway to Success for Collegiate Students
The Collegiate School’s Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program helps students develop an increasingly important skill for success in college and beyond. Schools and colleges across the country have reported a rise in problems related to stress management, so about seven years ago, Collegiate School began offering a two-week-long Freshman Health and Wellness MBSR class for […]
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Student Interviews Ishmael Beah, Author of “A Long Way Gone”
Earlier today, Palmer Trinity School journalism students produced live coverage of Ishmael Beah’s campus visit. Beah, a former child solider from Sierra Leonne, spoke about his life to a mesmerized crowd of upper school students, teachers and administrators. He also signed copies of his new book, “Radiance of Tomorrow.” Afterward, Mr. Beah spoke with a […]
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NAIS Challenge 20/20 Topic: Global Warming and Gardening
This is a short video that the Catlin Gabel School Garden Club elective created between November, 2013, and January, 2014. We made the video for the NAIS Challenge 20/20 program, focusing on the subject of how gardening helps combat global warming.
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From Summer Reading to Service Learning at New Roads Middle School
For New Roads Middle School students, this was summer reading with enough impact to last the whole year long: “Outcasts United” – the vivid and inspiring true story of a soccer team of refugee boys from war-torn homelands and their determined coach – had already stirred class discussions about migration, cultural differences and building a […]
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“Empathy to Action:” Wind and the Punahou Camp Experience
Our eighth grade team at Punahou School integrated the study of wind into our Camp Mokule`ia experience. By learning how the wind plays a role in the outplanting of naupaka at Ka`ena Point, students gained a greater understanding of how the resilient plant is an ideal choice to withstand the coastal winds of the area. […]
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Girls’ ice hockey at The Hill School aims to be an elite program
Ari Baum, coach of the girls’ varsity ice hockey team at The Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.), aims to ensure that the sport is “an elite program” at the 163-year-old school which first admitted girls in 1998. Also an instructor of economics and dorm parent among his many roles, Baum is proud of the academic as […]
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Level 6 Choral Concert Honors Nelson Mandela
In the afternoon of December 5, Level 6 students culminated their trimester of Performing Arts with their annual Choral Concert. This class was not just about singing; it was about history, art, poetry, equality, and peace. It was about the Land and Music of South Africa, and about the amazing man, Nelson Mandela. It could […]
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Milton Hershey School: Making Math Meaningful
The Algebra II teachers at Milton Hershey School do everything to make math meaningful to their students….including launching rockets into the sky so kids can learn about parabolic paths! Founded in 1909 by chocolate industrialist Milton S. Hershey and his wife Catherine, Milton Hershey School is a private residential school, located in Hershey, PA, that […]
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Milton Hershey School: Giving of the Green
During the Christmas season, Elementary and Middle Division students at Milton Hershey School have the opportunity to shop for their loved ones at an event known as “Milton’s Christmas Workshop.” A variety of brand new gifts are donated by staff of the school, and sold to students for just a dollar each. All in the […]
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Embracing Technology to Prepare Young Journalists
I love teaching journalism. No other class allows me to engage with students on so many different levels. From writing, reporting, print design, web design, layout, sound editing, film editing, interviewing and more, I’m helping somebody master a different skill each time I turn around. I revel in this productive chaos. Two years ago, I […]
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Milton Hershey School Carpentry Students Break Ground On Home
Milton Hershey School advanced carpentry students broke ground on a new staff home. The class learned the fundamentals skills required of a residential carpenter and will now participate in the phases of onsite construction in framing and finishing a house. Construction/Carpentry is one of 11 career pathways in the School’s Career/Technical Education programs. In the […]
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Reading in a Tree
“… it occurred to me that it would be a fine thing to climb one of the trees to obtain a wider outlook…” “I kept my lofty perch for hours, frequently closing my eyes to enjoy the music by itself, or to feast quietly on the delicious fragrance that was streaming past.” ~ John Muir […]