We Encourage Exploration
Independent schools encourage students to learn about the world and about themselves.
Independent schools encourage students to learn about the world and about themselves.
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A Winter Garden at Rohan Woods School
Rohan Woods School will participate in the US Green Building Council’s 2014-2015 “Green Schools Quest”. The USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter is challenging public and private schools within the Chapter’s territory (Missouri and Southern Illinois) to devise and implement, with the help of Green Mentors, the most creative, effective and no or low cost sustainable practices for […]
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One Pie at a Time
Ask David Yu how many pies he had made before this summer and he’ll tell you “none.” Ask him how many pies he’s baked since moving to Lunenburg, MA to attend Applewild School in Fitchburg and the answer will be “many.” One of those pies was an apple pie he submitted to the Apple Pie […]
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SCHECK HILLEL STUDENTS SPEND SUMMER ABROAD HELPING OTHERS
While summer vacation is often spent hanging out with friends and taking trips to the beach, a group of selfless students from Scheck Hillel Community School shared their time and talents to “repair the world” –Tikkun Olam in Hebrew. Nathaniel Melnitsky (Grade 9), along with his father Dr. Leon Melnitsky, traveled 2,600 miles from home […]
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Campus Gardens Augmenting Young Minds
Last spring, students and faculty at Ranney School in Tinton Falls, NJ, celebrated the establishment of two new sustainable gardens on campus during Earth Day 2014: an organic garden, seeded by Lower School students, and a rain garden, constructed by Upper School students. The organic garden had an incredible yield of vegetables for its first […]
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Middle Schoolers Explore World Problems On Outdoor Adventures
The three-day field trip that kicks off each year of middle school at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School inspires the young teens to think deeply about issues of social justice and their own role in solving world problems. This year’s adventures took place at The Great Smoky Mountain Institute at Tremont in Tennessee, and focused […]
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Middle Schoolers Explore How Education Works
The Exploratory Program for Middle Schoolers at Principia School in St. Louis provides choice, variety, and balance, challenging students to try the untried and to expand their educational horizons. Delivered in a flexible format that allows for small group and individual work, most classes are electives and include students from all three grade levels. There’s […]
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Applewild’s Seed to Lunch Teaching Garden – It’s What’s “Growing” On Campus!
Applewild’s seed to lunch program’s teaching garden is a hot spot of campus activity. Students design the garden from the “floor” up. They research flowering plants to attract pollinators, design and build bird houses, and plan how to maintain the garden over the summer months. Students turn the warm soil and using methods taught in […]
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Life-shaping Experiences
Experiential learning is a daily part of an EDS education. From a life-shaping Outward Bound experience to a Science/Spanish trip to Costa Rica – Episcopal Day School is committed to preparing students for learning and for life.
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Grosse Pointe Academy Middle School Students Get R.E.A.L.
The Grosse Pointe Academy initiated a pilot elective program this past school year for its middle school students called “R.E.A.L.” (Real world Experiences and Applied Learning). Each elective class met once a month through the spring for a total of five sessions, and students chose from a variety of options. “One of the goals of […]
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Friends Academy Second Grade Skypes with World Wildlife Fund
Carter Roberts, President of the World Wildlife Fund took time out of his schedule to Skype with second grade Friends Academy students of Brigid Conlon and Alyson Gangi in early June. Roberts learned about the students and their work for the WWF from Sallie Barker, who had been reading to the class and leading an […]
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Grade 1 Skypes with NASA Astronomer
Dr. Geoffrey Bryden, an astronomer for NASA, skyped with the first grade and answered a question from each student. He works at the Jet Propulsion Lab in California. His work focuses on the relationship between planets and the rubble left over after they form.
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International Day Emphasizes Global Learning, Cultural Appreciation
International Day celebrations at Wasatch Academy actually span nearly a week each spring, anchored by two highlights: the International Day Showcase and the International Food Court. Throughout the year, students from the nearly 40 countries represented on campus—including Liberia, France, Korea, Iran, Canada, and Ecuador—meld together as one community. Celebrating their differences is a way […]