Videos
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Students at Woodland School in Portola Valley, CA Standup Against Bullying
Together, with their teachers, Woodland School students signed a pledge to be “upstanders,” not bystanders. When a local school experienced a bomb threat, they chose to stand up and speak out against this and other types of bullying. Will you join them?
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Middle School “Strangers” Become Friends in Global Exchange
November is a particularly busy time at Asia Pacific International School (APIS), whose mission is to educate “students who are able to bridge the gap between the East and the West, and are ready to welcome the challenges of the New Pacific Century.” That’s when their co-ed boarding school campus in Hauula, Hawaii, joyfully welcomes […]
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Long-Established Exchange Program Lets Students Explore Varied Cultures, Develop New Perspectives
Every spring for the last 20 years, Oak Hill School teacher Armando Morales escorts a group of 10-15 Spanish language students (grades 7-12) to his hometown of Guanajuato, Mexico, in the heart of the Sierra Madre. They’re welcomed into local families and, with their new Mexican brothers and sisters, go to the same middle school—Benito […]
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Kent School First Grade Students Write Persuasively
Cheryl Plummer, First Grade teacher at Kent School in Chestertown, MD incorporated many teaching methods and learning opportunities into a request for a new classroom rug. Students wrote persuasive arguments using their weekly vocabulary words. They determined how large the new rug should to accommodate next year’s class by conducting interviews with the Admission Office. […]
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“The Woman in Gold” Offers a Golden Learning Opportunity in Collaboration
“Once the past has been put to right, we will not have come here in vain…We should be reunited with what is rightfully ours.” These are the powerful words of Maria Altman, a woman whose story we become well-acquainted with in my Spanish IV Honors and Spanish IV Regular classes. Altman was an ordinary citizen […]
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Milton Hershey School Students Use Technology to Enhance Educational Experience
Milton Hershey School has developed an Educational Technology Plan with the foundation of creating student-centered learning environments that are rich in problem-solving, critical thinking and creativity. Your child’s learning experience will be enhanced through the use of technology throughout his or her career at Milton Hershey School. In an ongoing effort to ensure our students […]
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Milton Hershey School Students Attend Global Summit in Peru
A group of 25 Milton Hershey School high school students and four staff members recently returned from a 9-day international trip to Peru where they attended a Global Leadership Summit on Global Citizenship, organized by Education First. The two-day leadership summit gave students the opportunity to hear from world-renowned speakers, attend educational workshops, collaborate with […]
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Ready, Set, Print!
Can a 3D printer replicate a real-life playground? Flint Hill Middle School Math teacher Erin McKavitt sought to answer this question with her Pre-Algebra classes this year. Last fall, in partnership with KOMPAN, the School opened three new, state-of-the-art playgrounds for its Lower and Middle School students. And inside the classroom, students had the opportunity […]
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The Global Citizenship Institute Helps Students Create Action Plans to Address Issues of Local and Global Significance
Global citizenship is an essential part of education in our highly interconnected 21st century world. As students and teachers we have a responsibility to understand the impact of these interconnected systems on the world at large. The Global Citizenship Institute is is an innovative collaboration between Salzburg Global Seminar in Austria and St. Mark’s School […]
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Creative Teaching: Memorizing Becomes More Meaningful with a Tune
Creativity in the classroom is an every day occurrence at MJS. When students are engaged and excited about learning connections are made and growth happens. Mrs. Jaime Bradley, first grade teacher, wanted to bring one of her passions, singing, into the classroom. So, she decided to turn every lesson possible into memory songs. From classroom […]
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Nature is…
This year Conserve School decided to change things up on picture day by inviting students and staff to not only get their picture taken, but to also respond to the prompt – Nature is. Conserve School’s focus is environmental stewardship and this creative activity allowed individuals to explore both their own thoughts about nature and […]
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Students' Art Installations Demonstrate Plight of Girls' Education Worldwide
Throughout the 2016-17 school year, Ranney School students in Monmouth County, NJ, have been working on a special cross-disciplinary project to support Global Peace & Justice, which is #16 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As a follow-on program to the school’s 2015-16 SDG partnership with the UN and Monmouth University, the History […]