Videos
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Drawing Together Day 2013
Inspired by former arts faculty members, Drawing Together Day on September 9, 2013, brought back a tradition to the Catlin Gabel campus: a time when people of all ages take time to draw. Students from preschool through 12th grade and their teachers, and staff members, all spent one hour on a beautiful late summer afternoon […]
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Great Kids, Going Places
Moorestown Friends School Class of 2013 graduates Sarah Master, Spencer Bard, and Ashleigh Cartwright talk candidly about their experiences at MFS with new staff member Kat Clark, including their thoughts on teachers, opportunities, and ethical education. They are now attending Brown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Columbia University (respectively). While in high school, Sarah […]
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Learning Science And Math By Doing
La Jolla Country Day School prides itself on pursuing the best approach available for the best education possible. It is not a slave to any particular curricular approach. As technology has allowed students more hands-on learning options, we have formed great partnerships to bring our students the best education available today.
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Manhattan Country School students ask ‘Vote for Me Until I Can’
In 2012, during a final push to encourage voter turnout, Manhattan Country School’s 5- and 6-year-olds asked everyone to “Vote for Me Until I Can.” “I would like to bring about a change, but I’m too young to play the voting game. Won’t somebody hear my plea and go to the polls and vote for […]
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Manhattan Country School: On the Farm
A film in honor of the Manhattan Country School Farm Faculty and Program for 46 years of teaching children invaluable lessons about community and interdependence, environmental stewardship, renewable energy and the sustainable production of food. Film produced by MCS parent Deb Levy. Manhattan Country School is a pre-K through 8th grade school recognized as a […]
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Peddie School EXP Research Science Program
The EXP Research Science Program (or EXP for short) is a year-long program designed to help students develop their passion for scientific research and to encourage them to consider an eventual career in science-related fields. Even more specifically, EXP intends to help students: – get outside the textbook to do “research science” and to develop […]
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Student Global Leadership Institute
The Student Global Leadership Institute (SGLI) at Punahou School convenes youth leaders who tackle global challenges and create positive social change. The Institute engages students in team-based projects that address issues such as the environment, economics, and globalization. It teaches principles of creative problem-solving and cross-cultural communication in addition to collaboration. In 2013, seventy-nine students […]
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Every Girl Can Be a Leader
Leadership holds a top spot among the Seattle Girls’ School’s cultural priorities, with opportunities galore and an extraordinary culture of participation. Each sixth grader must lead a community meeting, not just standing up and speaking, but choosing a topic and designing the agenda. Turning schools’ usual practice upside down, seventh graders lead both the younger […]