Monthly Archives: September 2011
Making History
Well-behaved women seldom make history. – Laurel Thatcher Ulrich My 7th grade Humanities class has been investigating the theme question, “How does government affect girls’ lives?” We are using Deborah Ellis’s novel The Breadwinner as a starting point. The book … Continue reading
Bookends: Volume 2: Allow Me to Burst Your Bubble
By the time students enroll in the IB Diploma Programme they have amassed a great deal of knowledge. My job, as their Theory of Knowledge teacher, is to make them forget it. Alec Peterson, the first Director General of the … Continue reading
Love At, No, Before First Sight
In my senior year of high school I joined the Drama Club, and was quickly fascinated by the strength, self-possession and worldliness of veterans of many productions. One of our favorite games to play while nonchalantly waiting to put on … Continue reading
Listening through the Wall: Middle School Select Chorus Auditions and the Spirit of Our School
I can’t see the students on the other side of the wall from my office, but I can imagine the scene that I’m hearing as I listen. The girls sit in a loosely formed circle, some perched on stools, some … Continue reading
“Bookends: Volume 1″
“Bookends” is the ongoing conversation between Alex Bogel, “Theory of Knowledge” and standard-level IB English teacher and Bill Ivey, Humanities 7 teacher. It is an exploration of metacognition and their students’ developing skills in critical thinking, reflective learning and more. … Continue reading
Just Go: Lessons from the First Day of School
This morning I dropped my three-year-old daughter off for her first day of preschool. She had been impatiently waiting for this day for months. In the parking lot she grabbed her ladybug lunch bag and whooshed away from me and … Continue reading
Filed under On Education, On Parenting, The Faculty Perspective
Stoneleigh-Burnham School
Bill Ivey, Stoneleigh-Burnham Middle School Dean
Laura Lavallee, Assoc. Dir. of Admissions
Liz Feeley, Associate Director of Development and Alumnae Relations
Sally Mixsell, Head of School
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