Cultivating Confident, Capable Adults
The news is full of articles about boys falling behind in school. Helping children, regardless of gender, learn in ways that suits them is essential for cultivating confident capable adults.
An Invitation
I’m presenting at the Dairy Arts Center this Sunday for Indigenous Peoples’ Day… and I’m absolutely terrified.
As a white woman, my antiracist journey has been anything but straightforward.
Helping Kindergarteners Fall in Love with Letters
One of the most exciting parts of kindergarten is watching children discover the alphabet. And fall in love with letters.
Stepping Back
When we step back instead of stepping forward as parents, we give our children space to grow and build confidence.
Handing Students the Keys
Moving from student-centered to student-driven education… Sometimes all it takes is trusting kids enough to hand them the keys.
It’s not about the dishes
What do doing the dishes and being a middle school student have to do with each other? Both require grit, responsibility, and care for each other.
8th Grade’s Magical Retreat
What a fun, chaotic, hot, happy, amazing, crazy (but in a good way) first day of our Eighth-Grade Retreat (adjectives generated by eighth graders). Knowing we couldn’t check into the Retreat House until 3:00 p.m., the teachers decided to take the students to Lyons for a long hike and a cold plunge.
(Not So) Random Acts of Kindness
Random Acts of Kindness Week took place early in February. Friends School teachers engaged our lower school students in several activities that call attention to how we show kindness.
Winter’s Opportunity
These cold winter days make me want to stay indoors, maybe watch a movie or work on a puzzle and enjoy a cup of tea, but daily life doesn’t always offer those lazy days. Instead, I find myself contemplating the opportunities
Celebrating deana harragarra waters
deana has been Friends School’s librarian for 24 years. deana says that her desire to be a children’s librarian was influenced by her Kiowa grandfather who was sent to boarding school where he learned to love books and reading. She has also worked as a medical librarian at Children’s Hospital and as a law librarian for a nonprofit legal organization.
