We Strengthen Communities
Independent schools take an active role in their communities, encouraging children to contribute to the greater good.
Independent schools take an active role in their communities, encouraging children to contribute to the greater good.
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Houseparents at Milton Hershey School
Houseparents at Milton Hershey School significantly impact the lives of our students. Because houseparents work so closely with students, houseparents are important role models, teaching students life lessons and core values. As a residential school, we truly care for the needs of the whole child, and houseparents play a substantial role in ensuring student success. […]
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Open Window School Positively Impacts Community
Twice a year, Parent Association PiP (Positive Impact Project) Co-Chairs organize community service events. This spring, the weekend before Earth Day, about 40 Open Window parents, kids and staff members met up to help with a native planting project at a nearby trailhead replacing previous non-native plants with native plants that can survive without additional […]
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For Walker’s Students, Spring Break Spent Building Homes with Heart
Ten students from The Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, CT traveled to Bryan/College Station, TX for a spring break service trip, during which they worked with the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity helping to build homes and sheds for members of the community. From caulking and filling in nail holes to painting, priming and […]
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2nd Grade Students from The Meadows School Raise Over $5,000 for Local SPCA!
The 2nd grade students at The Meadows School in Las Vegas, NV have cooked up a sweet way to give back to their local animal rescue. Through their annual Valentine’s Day Bake Sale, students learned lessons in both entrepreneurship and philanthropy, and this year’s effort raised $5,569.71 for the cause! The tradition started in 1993 […]
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We Are Rosa Parks
The Women of Courage Panel in Honor of Rosa Parks, created and hosted by the Girls in Government, Leadership, and Service (GGLS) features women of courage. The girls at Julia Morgan School for Girls in Oakland, CA lead the event and interview the women on what courage means to them. This year we were fortunate […]
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Trinity Students Raise Over $3,000 to Send Anti-Malarial Bed Nets to Africa!
Trinity Episcopal School students recently concluded a fundraising drive to send protective anti-malarial bed nets to countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Students raised a grand total of $3,124.52, which is equal to 260 nets that will be donated to people living in African countries at high risk of malaria. The money will be donated to Nets […]
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Kent Place School Community Members Wear Red to Spread Awareness About Heart Disease and Stroke
On Friday, February 6, the Kent Place School community wore the color red in honor of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women National Wear Red Day®. The Day, in its twelfth year, was created to raise awareness about heart disease and stroke, the No. 1 and No. 5 killers of women. According to […]
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Family Service Days at Aspen Academy
Part of Aspen Academy’s mission is to cultivate excellence in community strength and service. Service may meet a tangible need, or it may meet a need of the spirit. In January, Aspen Academy families were given the opportunity to do both. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service is the only federal holiday observed […]
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Shorecrest Documentary Project “The Impact of Giving Back”
Shorecrest teachers William Leavengood and Aaron Sober challenged their Upper School students to create a documentary film highlighting one of the many service projects that Shorecrest students complete. Junior Laura Heagy and senior Jared Wang chose to produce a film that draws attention to the school’s longstanding holiday gift drive benefitting the Guardian Ad Litem […]
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Mid-Peninsula High School Launches Human Relations Course
Mid-Peninsula High School launched a new Human Relations course devoted to studying various forms of community engagement. The course is geared to focus on issues that matter the most to the students so they can be invested in the programs they launch. The class recently hosted a Social Justice Panel featuring representatives from the Ecumenical […]
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Startup Teen Albuquerque
Bosque School students formed a Service Learning group to promote entrepreneurship and economic development in our community. After Taylor, Class of 2017, went to an all-adult Startup Weekend, she decided to start one just for teens. The first Startup Weekend for Teens was held in November 2013. This group followed with a very successful week-long […]
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Warner for Life
“Warner for Life!” Like athletes in a huddle breaking on “Go Team!”, every dorm meeting in Warner House at Lake Forest Academy ends with “Warner for Life!” LFA’s oldest dorm has a unique charm that is “ramshackle in a way that I like,” says Dorm Head and English Instructor Nat Small. No two rooms are […]