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STEAM Learning Builds a Mindset That Helps Students Now and in the Future

Prior to becoming the STEAM coordinator, I worked with middle school students for 12 years and loved the opportunity to…

October 24, 2019


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How Play Leads to Academic Success at TCS

Since our founding in 1970, The Children’s School has been a staunch advocate for childhood and play. In an educational…

October 24, 2019


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The Wolf Pack Conquers Fall Season of TCS Athletics

The Children’s School’s ultimate frisbee, volleyball, and cross country teams have fantastic achievements to celebrate due to their hard work,…

October 22, 2019


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Social Entrepreneurship with TCS’s First-Ever Eighth Grade Class

The inaugural class of TCS eighth graders completed the first-ever TCS social entrepreneurship program in 2018-19, creating a set of…

September 19, 2019


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Taking the Classroom into the Great Outdoors at TCS

Educational research and cognitive science have long shown that the best learning happens when connections are built between what is…

September 19, 2019


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All the World’s a Stage: TCS Players Celebrates 20 Seasons

 “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances;…

September 19, 2019


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Play is Serious Learning at TCS

At The Children’s School, from the earliest ages to our first-ever class of eighth graders, play is serious learning, through…

September 19, 2019


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Math Trajectory at TCS

Assistant Head for Academics and Upper School Director Allen Broyles, Director of Learning Strategies & Academic Support Michelle Toma-Harrold and…

August 22, 2019


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New Outdoor Play Spaces Help Stimulate Students’ Brains Inside & Outside the Classroom

Play, both structured and unstructured, allows children to naturally begin to comprehend and apply concepts of math, science, and engineering;…

August 21, 2019


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Bucket-Filling Resources for Children that Teach Kindness, Care, and Respect

Care and respect for others is one of the core values The Children’s School teaches in Building Character and Community…

July 31, 2019