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.
What Happens When You Trust Young People With Real Problems?
Watershed Head of School Tim Breen, Ph.D., and Upper School Division Head Bridget Collins recently contributed a guest blog to the Getting Smart Collective, a leading voice in education innovation. In their piece, “What Happens When You Trust Young People with Real Problems?”, they explore how
We have a name!
Friends School and Watershed School are pleased to announce the name of our unified school: Watershed Friends School. The new name reflects a shared commitment to academic excellence, student wellbeing, and the unique legacies of both schools within the Boulder community.
One step closer: unifying Friends and Watershed
We’ve made meaningful progress on the unification of Watershed School and Friends School.Building a preschool through 12th grade school in Boulder is a transformational endeavor.
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.
Joining Forces
Today, we announced that, after more than a year of discussion and exploration, the boards of Watershed School and Friends School voted to join forces.
Immersion Week
In two weeks, Friends School’s 5th-8th grade students will participate in our Immersion Program, a week-long, immersive, interdisciplinary, and experiential program where students will engage in a variety of educational experiences outside of the traditional classroom setting.
(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.
