We Nurture Growth
Independent schools educate the whole child, supporting students as they grow intellectually and become physically and emotionally fit.
Independent schools educate the whole child, supporting students as they grow intellectually and become physically and emotionally fit.
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Caring in the Classroom Unites a School Community
At Prospect Sierra Middle School, fifth graders, led by a trained facilitator, enjoy a year-long relationship with a baby and the family. Lessons about emotions, temperament, brain development, trust, and child safety and care are integral to the process. “I love Baby Bryn,” says one student. “Even when she cries, we feel sad for her […]
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School Community Learns to Eat Right Now
Since 2002, Calhoun School’s award-winning Eat Right Now program, led by Chef Bobo, has promoted healthier attitudes about food and nutrition that have affected the entire school community. The key: All dishes are prepared from scratch with fresh ingredients and great flavor—bought locally and in season—offered in portion-controlled servings. The excitement began with the realization […]
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Banned Books Week at the St. Francis de Sales Library
The St. Francis de Sales Library is home to the Middle and Upper School students at Visitation Academy in St. Louis. During the celebration of Banned Books Week, 9/22-9/26/14, the library held different activities each day complete with prizes. Some of the activities were: “Caught! Reading a Banned Book” (Guess the faculty member hidden behind […]
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Middle Schoolers Expand Social, Emotional Skills in Special Activities
The middle school years are marked by tremendous physical, emotional, and cognitive change as children learn to navigate their increasingly complex world. To help them build critical social and emotional skills, Friends School of Baltimore sets aside special days for students at these grade levels to explore personal and cultural values, health and wellness, and […]
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Putting parents in the learning seat
Aspen Country Day teachers conduct mini-lessons for parents on back-to-school nights. Result: parents get a better understanding of what (and how) their children are learning, teachers get parent buy-in, students get more respect and support for the important work they do all day.
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State-of-the-Art Playground Supports Intelligent Play
Early Childhood and Lower School students at Ranney School in Tinton Falls, NJ, are returning to school this September to find an amazing new playground on their campus. Young students can now enjoy expansive all-weather turf for safer play (no more wood chips!) and intelligent-play equipment, designed by Berliner Seilfabrik. The new equipment allows children […]
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Greens Farms Academy’s New Seed to Table Program
Garden-based education at Greens Farms Academy has recently expanded through its Seed to Table program. The program is now fully integrated into the Lower School curriculum and is steadily trickling up to the Middle and Upper Schools. Seed to Table inspires students to develop meaningful connections with the world around them through explorations in the […]
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Developing Independent Learners Through the SOLE Project
As a culminating experience in our Middle School, eighth grade students accomplish a Self-Organized-Learning-Environment (SOLE) Project. Inspired by Sugatra Mitra’s “School in the Cloud” Ted talk and the tenets of experiential learning, the SOLE Project provides students the opportunity to design and accomplish a project of their choosing and then present the product of their […]
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Miller School of Albemarle Cycling Program
The Miller School of Albemarle (MSA) Cycling team is an internationally recognized high school road cycling and mountain biking program. The team is a varsity sport and competes in both high school and USA Cycling events throughout the year. The team works with some of the world’s top-ranked junior cyclists and prepares them for racing […]
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Consciousness-Based Education Equals Success for Maharishi School Students
It’s been an exciting year at Maharishi School, an open-enrollment preschool-grade 12 school in Fairfield, IA, with students garnering accolades in such diverse fields as creative problem-solving, science, and sports. Senior Avery Travis, a National Merit Scholar, credits her school’s “Consciousness-based Education” program for widespread student success, including her own. In May, six Maharishi School […]
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Community Partnership School, in three words.
Founded in 2006, Community Partnership School (CPS) is an innovative, independent elementary school, dedicated to providing an affordable, high-quality education to children from low-wealth, low-income backgrounds in North Philadelphia. In this video you’ll see Community Partnership School through the eyes of those at the heart of everything–our incredible students and amazing teachers!
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Farming is All in a School Day’s Work for Putney Students
At The Putney School in Vermont, there’s really no such thing as “extra-curricular.” The goal of the 9-12 coed boarding school is to provide students with an experiential education that includes both independence and responsibility. All activities—physical and intellectual, indoors and out—are part of the curriculum. To graduate, students must satisfy six work distribution requirements […]