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When Lily Murphy of Broadoaks Children’s School set foot on the Alverno Heights Academy campus for her first day of the Academic Conservatory for Middle School Girls, she certainly had no idea that she had just found her home for the next four years. “I…
Click to enlarge The oldest and most powerful teaching tactic for fostering critical thinking is Socratic teaching. In Socratic teaching teachers focus on giving students questions, not answers. They model an inquiring, probing mind by continually probing into the subject with questions. As a tactic… 
The Harambee mission trip took place over Spring Break with an enthusiastic team of students and leaders from Maranatha High School heading to Harambee Preparatory School (HPS) in Pasadena. The mission was to serve the school with maintenance needs such as painting, gardening, and cleaning,… 
Spring break is traditionally a time for relaxing and unwinding after the mid-semester crunch. At Immaculate Heart High School, however, spring break is also a time to keep learning – this time outside of the classroom. Three IH student groups went on educational trips over… 
Ramona STEM Students Visit Catalina Island
The STEM Department at Ramona Convent recently took twenty students to the Catalina Island Marine Institute. There students engaged in a variety of marine related activities. As soon as they arrived on the island, the girls were excited to be able to go rock climbing and explore the beach. The Students woke up early on Saturday and embarked on a hike to see the sunrise. On their second day, they were able to dissect a squid, pet some not so ferocious sharks, and snorkel. The trip was filled with new experiences and they even had an encounter with a bison…
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