As 2014 comes to a close and our teachers, students, and staff are basking in one more week of winter break, we would like to reflect on some of our best Grandview moments this year. Here are our Top Grandview Moments of 2014– in no particular order: PRIDEVILLE Lower school students participated in their first-ever Prideville … Continue reading
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Physics Students Compete in Grandview Regatta
Broadly speaking, the goal of physics is to understand how the universe behaves. It is fitting, then, that physics students should not be contained inside the walls of a classroom. Physics students at Grandview Preparatory School spend time building catapults, slingshots, and kites (and soon, gliders!). Their newest project: building a boat to compete in … Continue reading
School and The Aha Moment: Making Way for Good Ideas
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The purpose of attending school is to learn. Learning is about skills and ideas. Each school, according to its mission, cultivates different types of learning. Some concentrate on college-level content, others: skills, and more recently, some are now making more room in the curriculum for creativity.…
Educating Millenials in the Anxiety Era: Getting Real
Originally posted on It's All About the View:
While many books and articles label young people today as the narcissistic “Me Generation”, we must be careful not to overlook the roots of this condition. As a society, we have participated in creating a culture that has unknowingly stripped children of some essential human…
Social Meania: Yik Yak, Snap Chat and Other Grenades our Young People are Playing With
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I have always been a progressive educator when it comes to allowing open access to responsible internet resources that engage students. Since 1997, when the internet was a brand new tool for schools, our school pioneered many programs on mission to inspire…
Small Moves. Big Difference: Education Meets Life
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This place where we are now, right this second, is the intersection of our circumstances and every single one of our choices. In our lives we have made millions of choices, perhaps unaware of any one particular choice’s impact on our arrival at this moment. If…
Time Out! Turning Time Saved into Memories Earned
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For most adults, and even children, finding time is increasingly difficult. It seems ironic that the inventions we have created to ‘save time’ have not actually had that effect. Rushing around each day, in this era of technological conveniences, we have to ask, what has…
Inspiration: Why Every School Needs its own Mr. Keating
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No matter what we choose to do in life, we all need inspiration. Whether we are teaching a class, writing a blog, or solving world problems, inspiration is the bridge between our thoughts and our actions. The definition of ‘inspiration’ is ‘to infuse into the mind; to…
One Size Fits None: Why Educational Standardization Doesn’t Fit and What We Should Do About It
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Trends, by definition, come and go. While the world of fashion revolves around this premise, the world of education needs a different foundation. For the last several decades, the valid push for accountability in schools has led to an unintentional disaster regarding student learning outcomes. Beginning…
3 Key Strategies Learned as an Educational Pioneer
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Being first isn’t always synonymous with winning, but being brave enough to follow a dream is an incredibly valuable experience. My family founded a school in south Florida in 1997. The most powerful lessons I’ve learned from this endeavor are worth sharing with you. If you are…