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Palisades Episcopal School Shifts to Student-Centered Scheduling
Palisades Episcopal School (PES) is thrilled to share the adoption of a new school-wide schedule beginning this 2022-2023 school year called Student-Centered Scheduling. Student-Centered Scheduling incorporates the needs of a 21st century student and considers the biorhythms of our children, adjusting the times of day our students participate in a given subject/class. For instance, if […]
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PES Middle School Teachers Share Solutions for Strengthening Retention
As a way to strengthen retention and support enrollment for our Middle School (grades 5-8), PES Middle School teachers prepare and facilitate “pop-in” lessons, where they surprise 4th graders with mini activities over the course of a week. From developing their observation and inferencing skills through art with our Humanities teacher, to experimenting with probability […]
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Head of School Couch Conversations
In an ongoing effort to stay connected to our families and our community, PES has initiated a new Head of School series this year called Couch Conversations, with guests including founding trustees and other board members, veteran faculty and staff, community professionals and supporters, prestigious partners, students and alumni, and more! Watch our recently recorded […]
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Remote Summer School – Accessible, Flexible, Exceptional
Do you have students needing credit recovery or acceleration, confidence with key skills or enrichment this summer? Our Remote Summer Program offerings continue the level of care, connection, community and neuroscience-informed pedagogy that have been hallmarks of our transition to remote learning and that are foundational to the New Roads human-centered system of education. As […]
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PES Hosts 1st Ever Virtual Curriculum Night for Families and Prospective Families
Palisades Episcopal School hosted their first ever Virtual Family Curriculum Night, where families and prospective families were able to participate in hands-on science activities exploring physics, chemistry and biology, as well as a general science scavenger hunt, all led by our faculty and staff. Students and parents joined a Zoom call and used provided materials […]
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Personal Reflection Blog
Sharing various solutions for distance learning. Specific focus on sparking student curiosity and leveraging student curiosity as a strategic partner in the process.
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Practicing Gratitude
At the International Academy of New York, we opened fully in person for all of our teachers and students, but to do so, we knew that emotional support had to be at the forefront of everything we did. Support for parents, support for teachers, support for our students. Part of our solution was to engage […]
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PTO Coffee: Mental Wellness at ODS
Oakhill recognized the need for a school-wide Wellness Counselor well before the emergence of COVID-19. However, the role has become essential to the well-being of students, staff, and school families as we navigate school life and grow accustomed to our new normal during a pandemic. Happy teachers make happy students, and happy students make happy […]
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PES Provides Community with Lunch & Learn on Immunity, Health & Wellness
Now more than ever, parents are looking for ways to help support their families’ immunity and well being. PES was thrilled to provide our community with this informative and timely presentation from guest speaker Ryha Pachin, MS, RDN, LDN, CLT, with Carolina Functional Nutrition, as she discusses key steps that families can take to live […]
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Rutgers Prep Reopening Procedures
The beginning of the School Year is always an exciting time for everyone in the Rutgers Preparatory School community, and this year, despite the conditions mandated by the COVID-19 virus, is no different. As you will see in these pages, we are taking extensive measures to prioritize the health and safety of our students and […]
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Caring for Our Community 2020-2021 Operating Guide
The school’s Community Guide presents four operational modes influenced by four interconnected variables: external risk factors, internal risk factors, teacher readiness, and parent preferences. The schools’ transparent and inclusive decision making processes seek to respect the needs and feelings of all constituents.
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Re-Entry Plan
Re-Entry Plans as of July 15, 2020 for the upcoming school year.