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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Students Stay at School to Serve Their Community
Students at St. Mary’s Ryken are experiencing a different kind of community service – this spring, the community came to them. The newly formed Southern Maryland Community Resources group sought to provide a special needs ministry for those who have “aged out” of the activities provided by the public schools. To help get the program […]
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Building Global Partnerships One Gesture At A Time
The Philadelphia wind is harsh; it is seven-fifteen on a Monday morning in early April. The unzipped jackets of middle school girls flap open against their uniform shirts. They’re carrying buckets of water, a small brown basket lined with a blue kitchen towel, a plastic pail of layer’s grain, a handful of spinach, one shovel, […]
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Verde Valley School Students Take Up Local Hunger Efforts
VVS students and faculty have worked hard this year to ease youth hunger in our local community. We learned that one out of four children in Arizona’s Verde Valley is food insecure, which means they may not know where their next meal is coming from. First, we voted to “Fast for a Meal.” This means […]
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Bosque Students Making an Environmental Splash
When Mirabelle, a senior at Bosque School in Albuquerque, slipped and fell into the ice-lined Rio Grande River last December, her safety gear protected her; she was fine. She was actually more focused on the samples she’d been scooping up, which later tested positive for the chemical toluene. Those results were added to the data […]
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Chesapeake Bay Fellows Intend to Make a Difference
Two juniors at Norfolk Academy are writing and illustrating a children’s book, “No More Mermaids,” depicting long-time problems in the Chesapeake Bay. Along with 15 other classmates in grades 9-11, they’re Chesapeake Bay Fellows, involved in a nascent four-year, multidisciplinary and experiential course of study offered through the school’s Center for Civic and Global Leadership. […]
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Community Service Board Active in After-School Tutoring Program
Students in Ranney’s Upper School Community Service Board (Tinton Falls, NJ) have been sharing their love of learning with elementary school children in neighboring Freehold this year as volunteers for the Amistad After-School Program. Amistad, which means “friendship” in Spanish, is an outreach ministry that serves the Greater Freehold area. Most of the children who […]
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Carson Long Military Academy’s Student-Planned Blood Drive Exceeds Goal!
As part of his JROTC service learning requirements at Carson Long Military Academy, senior cadet Christopher Johnson was tasked with planning and implementing a major project. He decided to organize a blood drive. Yesterday at Carson Long, after months of coordinating with Carson Long faculty, staff, and students – and representatives from the American Red […]
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Relationships first, programs follow at Sonoma Academy
When we moved to our permanent campus in 2008, we knew we didn’t want to be the school on the hill; we wanted to be part of our neighborhood. We asked Jacqueline Smethurst and David Drinkwater of Wingspan Partnerships (public/private partnership builders) to help. They facilitated a series of conversations among SA leaders, the local […]
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Students Get a Kick Out of Raising Money for Camp Okizu
The fifth annual Kicks Against Cancer varsity soccer games raised more than $5,000 for children who attend Camp Okizu, a camp for cancer patients and their families. “Camp Okizu provides peer support, respite, mentoring, and recreational programs to meet the needs of all members of families affected by childhood cancer. The amount raised this year […]
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Empty Bowls
Orchard students are in the process of making gorgeous ceramic bowls! On February 25, the entire Orchard community is invited to a dinner of soup, bread, and a dessert. The suggested donation is $10. Families are encouraged to take home one of the wonderful bowls that our students made as a reminder of all of […]
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Sea Crest School Partners With City of Half Moon Bay to Adopt Poplar Beach
Sea Crest School has announced a partnership with Half Moon Bay through the city’s ‘Adopt A Park’ program. Sea Crest will adopt neighboring Poplar Beach, and students, faculty and staff will work together to help ensure that the beach is in good condition for Half Moon Bay residents and visitors to enjoy. Sea Crest 7th […]
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Carson Long Military Academy Students Encourage Elementary School Children to Read
One of the goals that emerged from community service planning at Carson Long was the desire to encourage children to read. At the same time, faculty and students were made aware of the local elementary school’s program for children who do not have a parent or guardian at home during the afterschool hours. The result […]