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Facilitators Discuss Flexibility With The iLEAD Exploration Program Facilitators Laura Kazan, Lisa Rittenhouse, and Bethany Maddox joined SCVi’s Eye On The Valley with host Matt Watson and discussed the iLEAD Exploration Program and how they are assisting students into colleges across the country, the experience of working in iLEAD, and the benefits it’s giving students. Flexibility In Working iLEAD Laura Kazan has learned that the freedom she was given with iLEAD has allowed her to build s...

Mar. 13—Boulder Valley middle schoolers are building infographics to tell stories about the pandemic in their math class and creating tools to teach others how to spot misinformation in language arts. High school students are designing habitats for the moon, Mars and outer space that include places where people could isolate during an outbreak. Elementary students are using writing, art and ...

The source of the problem was right on top of their school. Every time there was a storm, rainwater from the roof would flow into one storm drain until it was full, and then the excess water would flood the street in front of PS5. It was so bad that parents and buses had to navigate around the water. Teachers moved their parked cars away from the school to avoid flooding. “When a thunderstorm was forecasted you knew there were certain areas not to park,” recalls Albert Padilla, former scie...

Mar 5, 2021 As the first Cambridge International Lower Secondary School in the state of S.C., Schofield Middle School is piloting the method of Project-Based Learning, or PBL, to help students become global thinkers and survey the world from various perspectives. Project based learning give students the chance to apply the skills they learn in school to personally relevant and real-world situations. Our project’s driving question, which focuses our work, is how to assist and inform Schofield ...

Charter School In Santa Clarita Brings “Imagineering” To The Classroom SCVi Charter School in Santa Clarita presented their learners/students with a unique project by giving them the opportunity to create their own addition to Disneyland. SCVi provides project based learning to their learners and have seen tremendous success with the new and innovative method of teaching. SCVi Lower School Director Nessa Roffredo discussed what project learning is on SCVi’s Eye on the Valley radio show, �...

Dr. Clarence Sutton Jr. Honored as Black History Maker of Alabama 92.9 WTUG, Praise 93.3, and 105.1 The Block in partnership with Robinson Automotive, the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, Delta Phi Lambda Chapter, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Eta Xi Omega Chapter, along with Lanier Automotive, Bryant Bank, and Dixie Motors in Northport, we are proud to salute Dr. Clarence Sutton, Jr. Clarence Sutton, Jr. is a dynamic result-driven Educator/Administrator with a 27+ year...

January 29, 2021 The mission of NASA’s HUNCH Program (High school students United with NASA to Create Hardware) is to empower and inspire students through a Project-Based Learning program where high school students learn 21st-century skills and have the opportunity to launch their careers through participation in the design and fabrication of real-world valued products for NASA. Projects are available in six HUNCH focus areas — design and prototyping, software, hardware, sewn flight article...

Where it all began: The E.W.B. Curry story E.W.B. Curry established his first school in a neighbor’s kitchen shed in 1889. Submitted illustrations Submitted illustrations Editor’s note: This article was written by Urbana Junior High students as part of a Project Based Learning unit called “Lost Voices,” which helps preserve and share the history of African-Americans in Urbana. The junior high’s Social Studies Department (which includes 6th-8th graders) is working with the Champaig...

ABOUT VINUNIVERSITY On 2 March 2018, the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam approved a proposal by VinGroup to create a new university in Vietnam, to be known as VinUniversity (www.vinuni.edu.vn), or “VinUni”. VinUni has strategic collaborations with the world’s leading universities, including Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania. These universities have become close advisors and crucial enablers in establishing the three colleges at VinUni: College of Bu...

Mental health through art By Andrew Grimm - Contributing writer The main hallway at Urbana Junior High School is lined with individual images of students expressing why they matter to someone. Andrew Grimm | Andrew Grimm Photographyy Staff at Urbana Junior High School recently asked students “why you matter?” Each student wrote their response on a white board and was then photographed individually holding their sign stating why they feel they matter. “We saw an article that London Middl...