We Inspire Leadership
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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International High School students hold their first-ever TEDx
On December 6, 2014 in San Francisco, CA, International High School students organized their first-ever TEDx conference–completely on their own. Topics included taking into account the user experience when designing transportation; looking critically at factors that influence girls’ self-perception; how gaming can be useful in education; and not confusing digital images for modern-day heroes valued […]
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Inspiring International Discussion on Educational Change
Recently, Julia Morgan School for Girls Head of School Sandra Luna was honored to be a keynote speaker at the International Symposium on the Quality of Girls’ Education and Girls’ Rights to Education in Zhenjiang, China. Seventy educators and researchers, primarily from China, but also from Russia, the UK, Mauritius, Taiwan, and Hong Kong were […]
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How Girls Become Effective, Compassionate Leaders
Castilleja School’s Center for Awareness, Compassion, and Engagement (ACE) gives girls the skills to transition from witnessing the world around them to becoming active stakeholders, emerging change agents, and compassionate leaders. The school’s Social and Emotional Learning Program (SEL) provides them with the necessary scaffolding to take on these challenges. With raised awareness, compassion, and […]
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Moms with Scientific Careers Support New “Girls in Science” Club
This fall at Ranney School in Tinton Falls, NJ, the Upper School launched a Girls in Science Club. Made up of both female and male members, the club’s goal is to motivate and inspire girls to study and stay in science, whether it’s medicine, engineering, marine biology and so forth, says Club Founder and Advisor […]
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Governor-Elect of Pennsylvania does The Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.) proud
The Hill School is proud to say that the Governor-Elect of Pennsylvania is a Hill School graduate of the Class of 1967. Tom Wolf spoke to Hill students and faculty on campus last spring — not so much as a campaigner, but as an invited guest for the School’s series of activities related to the […]
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My Miriam Story: Clayton
The real value of Miriam School is best understood in the changed lives of its students. Miriam helps children who are struggling in school unlock their potential. Hear from Clayton in his own words, along with his Mother’s, about finding a place to belong at Miriam School. “It’s not how you start…it’s how you finish.”
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Sixth Graders Become Leaders While Helping Others
The Sixth Grade Leadership Program at Rohan Woods School underscores one of the central parts of its educational and cultural philosophy: inside every child is a leader waiting to be discovered. One feature of the program is a monthly class, led by Head of School Sam Templin-Page, which addresses topics such as developing positive character […]
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Student-led Orchestra: From Inspiration to Reality
At the start of his junior year, music major Colin Roshak ’14 noticed something. He loved participating in small chamber ensembles at Walnut Hill and playing his clarinet as part of New England Conservatory’s Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, but something was missing. He wanted another chance to make music with the classmates he admired, in a […]
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A generation of creative collaborators: Chicago Interim trip
In the spring during Westridge’s experiential Interim week, 39 Chamber Orchestra students were featured as the artists-in-residence at Baker Demonstration School, an independent coeducational elementary school in Wilmette, IL. The goal was for the two schools to work together to create original music compositions. Leo Kitajima, Westridge Middle and Upper School orchestra teacher, conceptualized the […]
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Second Graders Support Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Second-grader Salvatore P. has been leading his classmates and the Ranney Lower School Community Service Club on a mission to host a button drive in support of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). When Sal found out that two of his classmates were affected by diabetes, he decided to start a business to make buttons […]
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Cadet Leaders Become the Best They Can Be
Along with academics and individual achievements, leadership is one of the important core values cadets learn at Missouri Military Academy (MMA), a boys’ 6-12 college prep boarding school in Mexico, MO. Each spring, a process known as “designation” is a much-anticipated opportunity for juniors to earn a prestigious leadership position in their final year at […]
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Measuring Success at Lawrence School
Watch this short video on what drives Lawrence School to help students with language-based learning differences succeed.