by lindanathan | Apr 26, 2023 | Equity, Family/School Involvement, Leadership Development, Outdoor Education, Praise, School Visits, Teaching and Learning
It’s a straight shot from Boston to St. Johnsbury School, also known as home of the Catamounts, a large wild cat or panther. I have known Lydia Cochrane, co-principal here, for a decade. She was part of my inaugural cohort of Perrone Sizer Institute for...
by lindanathan | Apr 25, 2023 | Creativity, Equity, Interdisciplinary Learning, International, Leadership Development, Outdoor Education, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
Manami has spent the last year studying deeper learning at HGSE. Before HGSE, she worked with middle/high school students as an after-school program manager, where students were compared by test scores too many times. As a result, they lacked intrinsic motivation to...
by lindanathan | Nov 2, 2022 | Creativity, Equity, Interdisciplinary Learning, Outdoor Education, Teaching and Learning
For two days in October, sixteen seventh-graders from the new Burke Middle School in Dorchester, MA came to Hale Education to participate in team building and outdoor learning adventures. They also camped overnight in newly-outfitted yurts! Although Hale is only...
by lindanathan | Oct 25, 2022 | Arts Education, Creativity, Equity, Interdisciplinary Learning, Leadership Development, Outdoor Education, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
After two and a half years of Covid school, it was a joy to gather outside and in person and NOT talk about learning loss or how many students or teachers were absent today, but to experience sustained learning in what we called “Deep Dives.” Day 1 of Deeper...
by lindanathan | Aug 29, 2022 | Creativity, Equity, Interdisciplinary Learning, Leadership Development, Literacy, Outdoor Education, Professional Development, School Visits, Teaching and Learning
Our 8th cohort of the Perrone-Sizer Institute for Creative Leadership at Hale (PSi) just finished our August Intensive. We introduced, co-created, and began to explore our 7 PSi domains (ethics, informed instruction, antiracism, community mobilization, continuous...
by lindanathan | Apr 27, 2022 | Arts Education, Boston Arts Academy, Creativity, Equity, Family/School Involvement, Interdisciplinary Learning, Leadership Development, Outdoor Education, Praise, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
“Caminante no hay camino; se hace el camino al andar.” We both loved those verses from Antonio Machado. We have traveled and invented so many paths together. I am grateful to have had Carmen in my life for so many years. We called each other sisters from...
