Region
Middle Atlantic
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
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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.
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Free History and Science Lessons
I’m posting free history and science lessons for students to use during this challenging time (and maybe later too). The latest is a story of a STEM project undertaken by a student at the Bullis School. My published books have won many prizes, doing these lessons is one way of attempting to give back and […]
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Caring for Our Whole Selves
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, anxiety management & self-care continue to be important. There are many organizations and resources that are leading us right now in how to care for our emotional health. A fantastic source of information is The Child Mind Institute. In addition to numerous articles, they’re offering the following clinical and […]
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Partners in online safety
Since COVID-19 forced us to close our school doors, many of our students are spending more and more time online. Whether our students are engaged in distance learning classes, connecting with friends, or using technology as a way of entertainment, the number of hours they spend online has significantly increased. Of course with this increase, […]
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Sixth Day Challenges
Once we knew we were committed to remote learning for the long haul, we had concerns about community connectedness and burnout. We knew we had to get creative with our approach to learning. Our solution was the Sixth Day Challenge. On every sixth day of school we take a break from regular classes and set […]
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Multisensory Distance Learning: Visual
In addition to regularly using physical and tactile elements to engage students’ senses, teachers at The Siena School use many visual tools: *Color-coding is essential to aid learning. Color-code in a graphic organizer, math/writing assignment or calendar using highlighters or different font colors/styles for emphasis. Collecting highlights under Chrome’s Read & Write helps students transfer […]
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Tower Hill School – Virtual Musical Collaboration
Faculty and Upper School students at Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Delaware collaborated together over Zoom to record a cover of Queen’s “Somebody to Love”.
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Launching a Family Marketing Campaign
Word of mouth has always been AIM Academy’s best marketing tool. Knowing it is also how many of our current families likely heard about our school, we enlisted them in a AIM Family Marketing Campaign to boost our social media presence, highlight Virtual Open Houses and promote new online tutoring and Summer Enrichment opportunities added […]
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Multisensory Distance Learning: Physical & Tactile
As a school dedicated to serving students with language-based learning differences, Siena puts multisensory instruction is at the core of every lesson for our students who learn differently. However, these strategies are effective for all learners. Students listen, talk, move, create, use technology, and engage with each other every day. The more senses activated in […]
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Art at Home
Distance learning continues to push teachers to find new, flexible strategies to keep the learning going. Regardless of the subject, flexibility and resourcefulness are crucial for learning at home. Art instruction helps children with the development of motor and language skills, decision-making, risk-taking, and inventiveness. Siena art teacher J. Coleman has transitioned the classroom experience […]
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THE VIRTUAL MATH CLASSROOM: TECHNOLOGY AND TIPS
Like many K–12 educators, Siena’s high school math teacher Joel Mercado has had to be resourceful and flexible in teaching remotely. In his Algebra II classes, Mr. Mercado has found some useful, tech-friendly ways to replicate what he’d typically write on the board. Samsung Flow-Smart View: When projecting from his phone, he uses the lined […]