We Challenge Minds
Independent schools offer challenging academics and engaging programs to help children develop a life-long love of learning.
Independent schools offer challenging academics and engaging programs to help children develop a life-long love of learning.
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6th Graders Decolonize Historical Markers
As part of the social justice unit on indigenous rights, the 6th graders learned about the purpose, conditions, and lasting impact that American Indian boarding schools had on Native Americans. They created historical markers that tell a more inclusive story of the past by writing new text to more accurately reflect the systematic nature of […]
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Fraction Timeline
Fifth graders at All Saints’ Episcopal School connect mathematics with their own real-life experiences. Students created a number line labeling whole numbers through their age on their next birthday. We discuss ways in which we can take a whole year and divide it evenly into fractional pieces. Students suggest days (/365), weeks (/52), seasons (/4), […]
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Ethics and Young Learners: To Squish or Not To Squish?
Young children have a natural ability to feel empathy and compassion. For that reason, we decided to begin introducing ethics with our Kindergarten students through storytelling. We chose the book, “Hey, Little Ant” by Phillip and Hannah Hoose. It was a prefect tale to spur a dialog with small children about philosophical questions such as […]
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Using Augmented Reality to Strengthen Community
“One of the things I love about our learning community is the way grade levels interact with each other,” says Mrs. Miller, the educational technology teacher. “While the buddy program formally matches younger students with older buddies, there are so many other ways students interact with one another. This project was great because the eighth […]
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Physical Science Students Build Cardboard Boats That – Sometimes – Float
In the fall of 2018, the Episcopal School of Acadiana (ESA) held its 17th annual Physical Science Refrigerator Boat Regatta. Equipped with a cardboard appliance box, silicone sealant, duct tape, plastic ties, paint and a couple of weeks to work, each group of two to three students crafted a boat designed to carry one passenger […]
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Flexible Seating, Learning Options Enhancing Bolles Classroom Experience
Susie Kissinger and Caryn Canfield’s Grade 4 classrooms on the Bolles Lower School Whitehurst Campus are all about options when it comes to desks, seating and learning spaces. Thanks to a complete summer overhaul of classroom furniture resources, students can now decide each day whether they will do their best work utilizing standing desks with […]
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The Power of Play Plus Spanish Language Equals Fun
Students in Melyssa Gomez’s Spanish class on the Bolles Lower School Ponte Vedra Beach Campus combined two important strengths for a successful lesson last week: the power of play and the power of language study. Add outdoors and number skills to the equation and the result was muy Bueno! Gomez created number counting games on […]
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Student Centered Learning Bridges Math Curriculum & Student Interests
At University Lake School (ULS), song recordings, artwork, planning an escape room, and designing a home are nothing out of the ordinary in math class. From the preprimary program to the upper school program, students and faculty follow a student-centered approach to learning, which allow students to explore their own interests across all subjects – […]
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Freshmen Students Design and Build Security Robot for Campus Safety Team
Three robotics and engineering students at The Episcopal School of Dallas have successfully designed and built a security robot for the ESD Campus Safety team. Following a request from the ESD campus safety team, Carter Bakewell ’21, Tripp Benners ’21, and Stella Foreman ’21 began working on a robot that could be used effectively by […]
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Princeton Montessori Announces International Baccalaureate Authorization for Middle School
Princeton Montessori School is now authorized by the International Baccalaureate organization to offer the Middle Years Programme to students in grades 6-8. Recognized worldwide, the International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes challenge students to excel in their studies, and encourage both personal and academic achievement. Princeton Montessori is one of only 7 schools in the state of […]
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Hill School Greek 3 Honors Students (and Teacher) Learn Virtually from Princeton Professor
Students in Mr. Turner’s Greek 3 Honors class had the opportunity to participate in a virtual class with Dr. Michael Flower, professor of classics at Princeton University. Author of a book on Xenophon’s “Anabasis,” Dr. Flower guided the class through lines of ancient Greek. Mr. Turner used this virtual lesson to connect what the students’ […]
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Mystery Solved! Bolles PVB Students Connect With Kansas School
Students in Amy Cole’s Grade 3 classroom on the Bolles Lower School Ponte Vedra Beach Campus were dressed in short sleeves and shorts on January 22, a day defined by blue skies and warm sun. The mystery class with which they Skyped that day, however, was full of students in sweaters – and their teacher […]