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Independent schools see leadership potential in every child and cultivate that potential.
Independent schools see leadership potential in every child and cultivate that potential.
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Students Hone Leadership, Collaborative Skills in Challenging “Call to Adventure”
For about one-third of every school year, participants in the “Call to Adventure” Affinity Group at South Kent School challenge themselves and develop strong leadership skills through activities such as making small cliff/waterfall jumps, navigating caves, and climbing mountains. One example occurs each spring, when a group of 11th, 12th, and post-graduate students aims for […]
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Upper School Club Helps Students Gain New Perspectives on Community, Diversity
An Upper School club at St. Stephen’s Episcopal School provides an affinity space for students who identify as Black/African-American. Called Unapologetic, the club is a forum to discuss inequities and grow a sense of community for students of color. The club helps students find mentors and discuss opportunities and challenges they experience in the school […]
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Middle School Student Vestry Leads Chapel
As an Episcopal school, we hold daily chapel services for all students, K5 to 8th grade. Middle school students are given an opportunity to serve on the Student Vestry. Half of our middle school students choose to belong to Student Vestry, volunteering their time and talents to share their faith with others. They are instrumental […]
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Peace & Justice Project: Phase II Photography
The Peace & Justice Project at Ranney School (Tinton Falls, NJ) continues, with Upper School photography students creating projects that demonstrate peace in nonverbal ways. Throughout the 2016-17 school year, students will be working on special projects to support Global Peace & Justice, which is #16 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The […]
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The Peace & Justice Project: Phase I
Throughout the 2016-17 school year, Ranney School (Tinton Falls, NJ) students will be working on special projects to support Global Peace & Justice, which is #16 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As a follow-on program to last year’s SDG partnership with the UN and Monmouth University, the History and Art Departments will […]
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Leadership Conference
Milton Hershey School Student Government Association hosted its third annual leadership conference for hundreds of MHS middle and high school students. This year, the theme of the conference was focused on aspiring students to be a “difference maker” in the life of another person or within their community.
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Students Explore Complex Ideas for a Best-Imagined Future
The “Yearlong Theme” at Albuquerque Academy, launched in 2000, incorporates a broad and far-reaching global issue into classroom activities, and is the basis for a series of annual school-wide events and projects. The American Civil Rights Movement, Human Migration, and Localism are some past examples. This year’s theme, “Albuquerque in the World,” is surprising students […]
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ESD Third Graders Combine Statistics and Sports Cards in New Student-led Club
Three third-grade students from The Episcopal School of Dallas recently noticed an unmet need in their weekly Lower School life: a time and place for sports cards to be traded with classmates. So they approached Chelle Wabrek, Head of Lower School, and Megan Barnes, the new Lower School Librarian, with the idea of a Sports […]
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Students Encourage Culture Change on Sexual Assault and Consent
In November, a group of Georgetown Day School students will host a Summit on Sexual Assault & Consent for Washington, D.C.-area independent school students, examining the implications of sexual assault at the high school level. Participants will have the opportunity to explore the complexity of sexual assault and consent issues guided by experts in this […]
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Admiral Farragut Academy students attend prestigious summer academies for leadership and sailing
Each summer, students from Admiral Farragut Academy represent the school in noble ways by participating in various leadership programs. The summer of 2016 was no different as cadets from the upper school served as mentors or participants at the Naval Academy Summer Seminar, the NJROTC Area Seven Leadership Academy, the Sail Academy, and LeaderSail. In […]
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Walls to Bridges: Activism, Leadership, and Voice
“Walls turned sideways are bridges,” said Angela Davis in 1974. The 8th graders at LWGMS in Seattle engage in Walls to Bridges, a social justice curriculum that focuses on activism, leadership, and voice. Throughout their eighth grade year, students participate in monthly half-day workshops on issues like identity and ally-ship, as well as explorations of […]
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Zagat Global Fellows: Teaching And Connecting
Dr. David A. James, deputy head teacher of the Bryanston School in England, spent a week at Riverdale Country School in April as the first Zagat Teaching Fellow. In June, a Riverdale teacher will go to Bryanston and learn about education from another cultural perspective. Established in 2015 by Riverdale alumnus Tim Zagat ’57, the […]