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Greensboro Day School Pop Up Learning for the Greater Community
We are leveraging the expertise of our students, parents, alumni, and grandparents for the greater good of the community by hosting “live” zoom sessions. Zoom sessions include healthcare leaders, teachers leading yoga, grandparents providing wellness tips, and national experts. These are free and open to the GDS community and the greater community.
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Well-Being Newsletter
At Turning Point, we emphasize the importance of general well-being; we know there are fundamental intellectual, social, physical, ethical, and emotional elements that drive growth and set the stage for successful learning. When we feel healthy and strong from a holistic standpoint, we are better able to perform efficiently, persist longer on challenges, and navigate […]
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Buckley At Home
In order to stay connected to families during Spring Break, which came two weeks after we closed campus and began remote learning, we created a webpage on our site with resources, activities, and contests. Families are encouraged to stay engaged with the school via submissions to the site, and by utilizing the resources we post […]
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The Secret Senior Crew – Caring for the Class of 2020
To show our seniors how much we care and miss them, at the end of our first week of distance learning, a small team created and delivered personalized yard signs to each students’ yard. We were delighted that a few of them caught us in the act and shared their gratitude, with appropriate social distancing. […]
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Head of School- Distance Learning
As our school navigated this challenging time, we remained committed to our mission and vision. Recognizing that we were called to embody them as we worked together to engage our students in a rigorous and inspiring liberal arts curriculum fostering capable, ethical, and articulate citizens. We knew we must be nimble in our thinking, compassionate […]
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Greensboro Day School Community Resilience Challenge
The Physical Education department designed a resilience challenge for our community to build immunity, sustain wellness, and stay fit.
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Best Practices for Teaching Online
With nearly 30 years of distance learning experience, Laurel Springs faculty curated their best practices for teaching online to share with colleagues new to teaching online. The guide provides help with working remotely, communicating with students and parents, and tips and resources for lower, middle, and upper school.
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COVID-19 Return to School Plan
As the School Nurse at Albuquerque Academy, I have developed a draft of “COVID-19 Return to School Guidelines” to use not only in our Health Office but also as a collaborative approach within our institution when our campus re-opens. This is important because the climate of health care and health care delivery will continue to […]
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Distance Learning works with daily Connection
Episcopal School of Nashville continues to see positive results in our Distance Learning Program through daily online exchanges. Teachers have Morning Meetings, Zoom calls, Google Hangouts, and other means of communication daily. We have seen that through these changing times these forms of connection continue to keep our students, faculty, and staff engaged and supported.
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Why Distance Learning Is Awesome
Check out the link to the essay!
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Environmental Distance Learning – Virtual Film Festival
This was not created by our school but we wanted to share as a resource with others who might benefit. Beyond Plastics, a nonprofit org at Bennington College, just launched a distance-learning opportunity in the form of a virtual film series on plastic pollution. People can watch online at their convenience and some films include […]
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Catering Service to Produce Provider
We currently rely on our catering partner to provide meal service for our students and staff. With school campuses closed and grocery store lines long, they were able to change course and are providing a weekly fresh fruit and vegetable pick up service to our families and employees. For anyone that does not want to […]