Intellectual Growth, Curiosity, and Character Development
As I reflect on my past three and a half years at George School, I recognize that its impact on my intellectual growth, curiosity, and character development has been indelible.
Summer @ George School: Summer Academy
The George School Summer Academy offers a variety of enrichment courses to help students extend their knowledge and build on their skills in a personalized and fun environment.
How Do We Know What We Know?
This year TOK tudents will exhibit their artifacts in an online virtual reality gallery, where exhibition patrons will be digitally immersed in a 3D art gallery and free to interact with all the artifacts in the collection, entirely from the comfort of their phones or computers
Georges Lieber Essay on Resistance
I’m proud to have contributed to this legacy of resistance in modern times, and I believe that my ancestors would nod in appreciation of my efforts. So it is with a smile on my face, determination in will, power in my step, and thoughts of Georges, great Aunt Thelma, great great Grandmom Clementine, and great Grandpop Louis in my heart, I will lean into the wind and plow ahead.
Theater at George School
One aspect of George School I love is the student theater performances that occur three times a year. Typically, the theater department puts on a play in the fall, a musical in the winter, and another play in the spring. One of our recent seasons focused on the theme of empowering women.
Making Politics Personal
Politics is indeed personal, and it is my hope that our students’ learning isn’t just relegated to complex terms and theories, but the idea that politics requires their participation and their passion.
Fun Activities for Day and Boarding Students
At George School, there are many activities that students can partake in. They are offered as weekend activities or as clubs that meet during the week. The activities are designed for both day and boarding students to enjoy and I encourage everyone to join us.
Academic Help is Available for Everyone
When I started freshmen year at George School I was a little nervous about the amount of time and effort that would be required to meet the rigorous academic requirements. I soon discovered that I didn’t have to worry about trying a course that may be difficult for me.
Understanding That Other People Can Be Right
Modeling respectful dialogue in our IB HL History classroom with Fran Bradley about Fidel Castor’s Cuba has not only helped my students but has helped me to understand that other people can be right.
Gaining Social Consciousness
George School is a community that inspires creativity, fosters leadership, and empowers activism. It is a place where students can learn to be themselves and grow as holistic individuals.
Making Politics Personal
Politics is indeed personal, and it is my hope that our students’ learning isn’t just relegated to complex terms and theories, but the idea that politics requires their participation and their passion.
The Value of Many Perspectives
Amedeo Salamoni brings at least four to six speakers into his classroom every year to expose students to a broad spectrum of voices in his field. For example, though he can offer students expertise in clay, he might bring a glassblower into his sculpture class to explore other mediums students may be interested in learning.
Religion or Religions?
“What’s in a name?” Shakespeare asked this famous rhetorical question, and schoolchildren for generations have used it as a foil for considering the power and meaning of words and names. It is a question that we in the Religions Department recently considered in a searching, deliberate process. You may have
Learning French and Service in Montrèal
On this trip, we’ve witnessed the hardships of survival, experienced the power of grit and perseverance, and learned to understand the absolute necessity for communication. To change the world, we must begin by understanding each other—and ultimately, learn to love all people for who they are.
How Do We Know What We Know?
This year TOK tudents will exhibit their artifacts in an online virtual reality gallery, where exhibition patrons will be digitally immersed in a 3D art gallery and free to interact with all the artifacts in the collection, entirely from the comfort of their phones or computers
Making Politics Personal
Politics is indeed personal, and it is my hope that our students’ learning isn’t just relegated to complex terms and theories, but the idea that politics requires their participation and their passion.
Understanding That Other People Can Be Right
Modeling respectful dialogue in our IB HL History classroom with Fran Bradley about Fidel Castor’s Cuba has not only helped my students but has helped me to understand that other people can be right.
Grading for Equity (Part 2)
When we move to more accurate grading processes that describe a student’s level of academic performance, we break the feedback loop of taking resource disparities and perpetuating them by turning them into achievement disparities. We begin to foster intrinsic motivation in students as we allow space for failure.
Grading for Equity (Part 1)
When everything is worth points, then it’s never safe for students to make mistakes, even though we know that making mistakes is essential to learning. Instead of asking “Why did I lose points for this?” students now ask, “Can you help me understand why x concept works this way?
New Great Reads for April
Ellen Labrecque shares new great reads available in the Mollie Dodd Anderson Library.
Digital Notebooks in the Arts Studio
Using digital notebooks has become an absolute necessity for my painting and drawing classes. Their use has allowed for better documentation, reflection, communication, and development. The possibilities are endless and I am constantly looking for ways to improve the delivery of my course content.
Digital Notebooks Make Homework Interactive
I’ve found Digital Notebooks valuable because they make homework more interactive. I can embed a video in a slide, ask students to move items in a slide (drag and drop), fill in the blanks, audio exercises, writing, etc. The possibilities are endless with Google slides.
New Books for Spring Reading
Celebrate spring with these four highlighted books and eight more suggestions for a good read. “Experience the riveting, powerful story of the Native American civil rights movement and the resulting struggle for identity told through the high-flying career of West Coast rock ‘n’ roll pioneers Redbone.” (Amazon) “In
A Tribute to Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg is a national treasure and he has tremendous energy and generosity of spirit. This is the third event that Dan has done with me at George School. As a teacher, I can’t imagine a better way for students to learn about these subjects.
New Great Reads for April
Ellen Labrecque shares new great reads available in the Mollie Dodd Anderson Library.
New Books for Spring Reading
Celebrate spring with these four highlighted books and eight more suggestions for a good read. “Experience the riveting, powerful story of the Native American civil rights movement and the resulting struggle for identity told through the high-flying career of West Coast rock ‘n’ roll pioneers Redbone.” (Amazon) “In
How to Find Your Next Digital Book
Search the online catalog of your local library and, much like you would do with a print book, you can checkout the digital book for a loan period that is set by the library. Within minutes, you can have your next book downloaded and ready to go.
Diving and Learning in Bonaire
In Bonaire, it was really amazing to think about how everyone else is living their lives on land, while the fish and the corals are living separately in a different world underwater. The fish and other marine life that amaze us are just normal, daily life for everything that is living subaqueously.
Studying Sustainability in Costa Rica
In Costa Rica, I realized that what I had most enjoyed was getting to know members of the local community and seeing plants and wildlife I had never seen before. It hit me that travel isn’t just about relaxing and taking photos, it is about working to understand a world different than our own.
French Immersion in Montrèal
On our second day of service in Montrèal, we all woke up reluctantly and exhausted. It rained off and on today which allowed us to cool down for the first time since we arrived. Trying to not let exhaustion consume us, we got ready to go back to Moisson Montrèal.
Visiting Golden Monkeys in Rwanda
Muraho (hello) from Rwanda! We are having a terrific experience. We’ve spent three days painting a children’s library and soon we will push off to Musanze. Our donations of books and laptops were well received. The children at the school are super energized with our presence and we play hard
Learning French and Service in Montrèal
On this trip, we’ve witnessed the hardships of survival, experienced the power of grit and perseverance, and learned to understand the absolute necessity for communication. To change the world, we must begin by understanding each other—and ultimately, learn to love all people for who they are.
Intellectual Growth, Curiosity, and Character Development
As I reflect on my past three and a half years at George School, I recognize that its impact on my intellectual growth, curiosity, and character development has been indelible.
Summer @ George School: Summer Academy
The George School Summer Academy offers a variety of enrichment courses to help students extend their knowledge and build on their skills in a personalized and fun environment.
Georges Lieber Essay on Resistance
I’m proud to have contributed to this legacy of resistance in modern times, and I believe that my ancestors would nod in appreciation of my efforts. So it is with a smile on my face, determination in will, power in my step, and thoughts of Georges, great Aunt Thelma, great great Grandmom Clementine, and great Grandpop Louis in my heart, I will lean into the wind and plow ahead.
Theater at George School
One aspect of George School I love is the student theater performances that occur three times a year. Typically, the theater department puts on a play in the fall, a musical in the winter, and another play in the spring. One of our recent seasons focused on the theme of empowering women.
Fun Activities for Day and Boarding Students
At George School, there are many activities that students can partake in. They are offered as weekend activities or as clubs that meet during the week. The activities are designed for both day and boarding students to enjoy and I encourage everyone to join us.
Academic Help is Available for Everyone
When I started freshmen year at George School I was a little nervous about the amount of time and effort that would be required to meet the rigorous academic requirements. I soon discovered that I didn’t have to worry about trying a course that may be difficult for me.
Gaining Social Consciousness
George School is a community that inspires creativity, fosters leadership, and empowers activism. It is a place where students can learn to be themselves and grow as holistic individuals.
Finding an Academically Friendly and Thoughtful Community
Over the last two years, I have grown to love our George School community both academically and socially. A few of my passions are musical theater, science (medicine), and hanging out with my friends. The friendships I have made are sure to last a lifetime.
Math Team Competitions Expand Collaboration and Skill Sets
The Math Team is very inclusive to all who want to join: you are free to choose the level of your involvement. Our competitions and practice sessions nurture individual excellence and team collaboration.
Joining a New Family on the Athletic Fields
While incredibly physically challenging, the preseason program was one of the most amazing experiences I have had with sports, and convinced me, once again, that George School is where I belonged. The team became my new family and made my transition into a new school practically seamless.