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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Brehm Preparatory School
Brehm Preparatory School’s mission is to empower students with complex learning disabilities and differences to recognize and optimize their potential throughout their lifetime. For more information, visit www.brehm.org.
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Thinking About the Box
When I donated a box of costume jewelry to Friends School of Minnesota, I didn’t expect to end up meeting with five 6-year-olds to discuss cameos and class rings. My daughter and I had cleaned out her room this summer as she prepared to return to college. “What about this jewelry box? Keep or give […]
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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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A Sample Story of an Excellent Program
This story makes no reference to the associated educational institution nor the city or state in which it resides.
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Game Design Encourages Computer Science for All
While computer games are still anathema at some schools, Porter-Gaud School embraces them as deep learning activities for every high school student. In their required ninth-grade computer science course and in an array of electives, Porter-Gaud students experience a “multimedia, multitasking, total immersion in technology.” A high point of the ninth-grade course is the game […]
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Menlo’s Bridge to Engineering, Science, and Technology
Secondary school enrollments in computer science, engineering, and physics are notoriously skewed toward boys. But not at Menlo School, thanks in large measure to M-BEST: Menlo’s Bridge to Engineering, Science, and Technology. Approximately 40% of Menlo girls participate in this intensive program in which students research a topic each month and build curricula for day-long […]