Essential Questions:
Continue reading Parenting for Affirmation and Collective Action
The current LREI strategic plan states a s goal the need to:
Continue reading Service Learning Lab: Creating the Roadmap for a 14-Year Plan
This post originally appeared on The Theological Engineer blog.
I ended the school year with a surprising burst of energy after the students left for the summer. I slogged my way through two straight days of comment-writing. Continue reading Math as Witness: who counts? and who doesn’t?
The news ruined my curriculum planning.
My plan was to continue our medieval Humanities studies by learning more about Feudalism and Christianity in Europe for the remainder of the second quarter. Then, after Winter Break, we would dive in to the origins of Islam and study the Middle East. But the news of the bombings in France could not be ignored. Continue reading Global Shift
One of the best things about working in a school like LREI is having control over my own curriculum. I am free to change and tweak things as I go. Last year I decided to make a change in my 2nd grade curriculum. In the past I had done a Caldecott study with my students. We would learn what the award is about, and read some winning titles and honor titles from years past. We discussed the art and criteria at length and the culminating event was the 2nd graders voting on their “Caldecott of Caldecotts”. This was a fun and interactive study, and while there was great enthusiasm and nothing wrong with it, I felt I needed to shift the study. Continue reading Changing Up The Curriculum
The eighth grade social justice project “Choosing to Participate” is a cornerstone of the eighth grade humanities curriculum. Through this project students study those who have stood up for justice by becoming/being active citizens themselves. Continue reading A Collaboration for Social Innovation
Sometimes the best way to start a story is at the end. While yesterday’s Middle School Social Justice Teach-In was a celebration and affirmation of the committed work that has engaged our eighth graders for the past six months, our closing assembly provided us with an opportunity to reconnect with former eighth graders who continue to be deeply engaged in social justice work in the high school. Continue reading Be the Change
