Posts in category school spotlight

Val Smalkin, the creator of Silly Goose and Val, takes the stage at St. James Academy’s Children’s Dinner Theatre on February 9th! (Seriously, it’s the …

Most every Montessori teacher can tell a story of being on a field trip and being approached by a stranger marveling, “Your students are so …

Throughout life, most people hear William Edward Hickson’s famous phrase, “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again,” but few schools embrace the idea …

“Isn’t it awesome?” says Dr. Patricia Drummond, principal of Hamilton Elementary/Middle School, as she stands in the courtyard garden next to the school’s front entrance. …

At Garrison Forest School, bravery is more than encouraged. It’s one of the school’s core values.  Sure, it’s all well and good to say that …

At Garrison Forest’s Lower School, every girl spends time in the DREAM lab. Not daydreaming but imagineering. Engaging in design, robotics, engineering, art, and math.  …

Soft music pipes through the airy and open ‘children’s house’ classroom. Pre-K and kindergarten students are quietly completing work individually or in small groups. Some are …

It’s Tuesday morning at Barclay Elementary/Middle School, a neighborhood school in Charles Village.  Third graders are huddled around bowls of bran cereal, magnets in hand. Their job: to determine whether or …

It’s Friday morning at Mount Royal Elementary and Middle School. The playground is buzzing with laughter as fourth graders run around, playing tag. First graders …