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Independent schools prepare students for success in college, career, and life.
Independent schools prepare students for success in college, career, and life.
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Poly Prep’s Women’s Innovation Symposium in Engineering
Poly Prep hosted its third annual Women’s Innovation Symposium in Engineering (W.I.S.E.) for middle and upper school girls to learn about the field of engineering in workshops presented by women engineers and scientists on March 9. The event is open for free to all 7th through 12th grade female students in the New York City […]
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Alum Is on Path to Improve Global Healthcare
Ranney School (Tinton Falls, NJ) Alum Anna Rose Johnson ’08 is one of those students who, in a phrase, never stops. She is a perpetual thinker and an assiduous worker. She is confident, passionate and determined to fight for a better world. And over the past six years, starting with the launch of her own […]
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Ninth Annual Bissell Grogan Symposium
Brimmer and May School held its ninth annual Kenyon Bissell Grogan Humanities Symposium, Seeking a Better World: Individuals Working for Change. The Keynote speaker, Dr. Jonathan Gruber, P ’18, spoke about “Health Care Reform in the U.S.: Past, Present, and Future.”Mr. Gruber addressed why our health care system is broken and why we need to […]
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Seventh Graders See Problems, Find Solutions: “Right On, Dude!”
Every year, seventh graders at Menlo School in Atherton, CA, examine a specific problem—local, regional, or global—become experts on the issue, develop an action plan, and formulate solutions for change. The “Right On, Dude!” project shows students they can make a difference in the world. It also challenges them to learn and grow while drawing […]
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Doing Business: Students Take On Real-life Marketing Challenge for McDonald’s
Advising McDonald’s Corporation on its marketing strategy is not something the typical teen would expect to do on a school day, but 10 Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Upper School students recently had just this opportunity when they were invited to participate in an independent study project to help the regional office of McDonald’s communicate more […]
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Investing in elementary school
Schools like Gordon that end in eighth grade have a flavor and mood all their own. They also offer a number of tangible advantages over schools that include high schools. In this video, a soon-to-be graduate in Gordon’s eighth grade reflects on the experience of spending eleven years under one roof. Meanwhile, the video’s title […]
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Ready for a Promising Future
What does the future hold for Winsor girls? In this video, they reflect on what’s ahead for them and their school. In a world of change, they talk about the constancy of friendships and “real community” and the confidence of being ready for anything.
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Mark Speckman
Mark Speckman, a highly respected and successful college football coach, spoke to Palmer Trinity students and teachers about “figuring it out” during a special convocation last week. Mr. Speckman was born without hands, and he has only four toes. But none of this has stopped him from enjoying life and being successful, both on and […]
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Hawken School Entrepreneurship Program
Hawken School pioneered the teaching of entrepreneurship to high school and middle school students in problem-based courses using the Lean Launch Pad (LLP) methodology. The result? Students developed skills, knowledge and character that prepares them for their world in ways that traditional courses have not. Hawken’s first-ever 3-credit semester program in entrepreneurship was featured in […]
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Stoneleigh-Burnham Celebrates Engineering Day
Stoneleigh-Burnham School celebrated “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day” by stepping away from regular classes to participate in a day of hands-on engineering challenges. Engineering Day was the capstone of the school’s celebration of National Engineers Week, Feb. 16-22, and was geared toward helping girls and women further themselves in the field of engineering. Rather […]
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Good Shepherd Participates in the White House Student Video Competition!
Did you know the White House is interested in educational technology? This year, they sponsored the first ever Student Film Festival and invited K-12 students to create a video to share the ways technology is being used in their schools. Some of our students put together an amazing video with the help of Candace Henry […]
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Building Bridges to the Future: South Kent Students Learn to Carry Their Own Weight
As teachers, advisers, and classmates cheered them on in the gym, Fourth Form students — as tenth graders at the all-boys South Kent School in Connecticut are called — demonstrated their pre-engineering and pragmatic science skills in the Fourth Form Bridge Challenge. Using only specified materials such as popsicle sticks, the students — members of […]