Using the Modules system in Canvas, Environmental Science and Systems teacher Becky Hutchins created new learning structures that allow students to take control of their own education and to thrive while doing so.
Turns out, Ceramics was the Arts course for me. Amedeo not only teaches us about the wonders of clay, but he also builds connections with us and keeps our classroom time lively. I’ve also learned from the course itself is that art has zero limits.
One of the really special aspects about George School that I love is the connections we students have with our advisors and collections. My advisor helps me with everything.
Next year, George School will offer another academic option for students wishing to use their interest in arts to deepen their academic portfolio—AP Art History. The new course will help develop students’ analytical and critical thinking skills.
Everyone told me high school would hit me like a truck and that nothing could prepare me for it. I was shocked when my transition to high school was seamless.
I’ve come to love the club scene at George School. There are so many different groups where my peers and faculty friends can come together and laugh, relax and learn together.
The Extended Essay is a prolonged adventure, one much like the one experienced by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland who finds it “curiouser and curiouser” as she grows, “opening out like the largest telescope that ever was” just as our George School students grow, too, their vision expanding purposefully outward yet also turning self-reflectively within.
George School is a caring and supportive community. When the coronavirus outbreak occurred, the school allowed all the students to remain on campus, for as long as we needed. The faculty and staff devoted their summer holiday to make sure that all of the students had both physical and mental support.
George School has provided me with a strong foundation to achieve future success. Academically, George has taught me how to think critically. When I’m presented with a problem, I’m confident that I can analyze and resolve it.
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.
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.
Using the Modules system in Canvas, Environmental Science and Systems teacher Becky Hutchins created new learning structures that allow students to take control of their own education and to thrive while doing so.
Next year, George School will offer another academic option for students wishing to use their interest in arts to deepen their academic portfolio—AP Art History. The new course will help develop students’ analytical and critical thinking skills.
The Extended Essay is a prolonged adventure, one much like the one experienced by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland who finds it “curiouser and curiouser” as she grows, “opening out like the largest telescope that ever was” just as our George School students grow, too, their vision expanding purposefully outward yet also turning self-reflectively within.
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.
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.
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.
Providing our students with the confidence and skills to approach challenging work without an overwhelming fear of failure, and the mindset to see the failures they will have as opportunities to learn something is far more important and transferable than any set of facts we could teach them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Turns out, Ceramics was the Arts course for me. Amedeo not only teaches us about the wonders of clay, but he also builds connections with us and keeps our classroom time lively. I’ve also learned from the course itself is that art has zero limits.
One of the really special aspects about George School that I love is the connections we students have with our advisors and collections. My advisor helps me with everything.
I’ve come to love the club scene at George School. There are so many different groups where my peers and faculty friends can come together and laugh, relax and learn together.
George School has provided me with a strong foundation to achieve future success. Academically, George has taught me how to think critically. When I’m presented with a problem, I’m confident that I can analyze and resolve it.
I love dancing at George School because it offers the opportunity for those who enjoy dance to take their skills to new heights. We perform in front of friends and family during events such as our Winter Assembly and Dance Eclectic.
At George School everyone is genuinely loving, caring, and wishes for one another to succeed.
