Eleventh grade student Victor Bahna is our first guest blogger. He has shared how LEADPrep has impacted his life in the last 3 ½ years. Victor is very enthusiastic about the Victorian era, and he likes to go to antique stores to find new treasures. He also loves music, and is presently learning a Scott… Read More »
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Wisdom from A Wrinkle in Time
Books, imagination, creativity…yes! We want all three in our children’s lives! Madeleine L’Engle, the 1963 Newbery Award winning author of A Wrinkle in Time addresses the importance of all three in her 1963 Newbery acceptance speech. She urges those who write for or work with children to honor Mr. Melcher’s (founder of Newbery award) vision:… Read More »
Do you have a Well-being Goal?
Everyone has goals. Maybe you want to save money for a special project or trip. Perhaps you want to make or build something. Getting better grades in school, finishing a project, or getting more produce from your garden are all things people might set as goals. LEADPrep students set goals with the teachers and quarterly… Read More »
What to do with NO more Homework
If you don’t give teenagers piles of homework, doesn’t that mean they don’t learn enough? Not so. “There are simply no compelling data to justify the practice of making kids work what amounts to a second shift when they get home from a full day of school,” says Alfie Kohn, an author and expert on… Read More »
It Takes a Village
At LEADPrep we work hard to ensure there is regular communication between parents/guardians and teachers. We know that communication is the key to the strong village of support for our students. By being available and investing precious time in communication we allow this to happen. It’s very common for the media to concentrate, when reporting… Read More »
Nicaragua Service Learning from Alex’s Perspective
Tenth grade student Alex Taylor was recently interviewed about what it’s like getting ready for the upcoming Service Learning WE/Free the Children trip to Nicaragua. Alex joined LEADPrep after being in a Lake Washington SD choice middle school. What will your group be doing in Nicaragua? Alex: We are going to be helping and learning while… Read More »
STEM Cakes!
Cakes aren’t just for gourmets anymore; they are for students of STEM! When you make a cake you use flour, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients. When Dinara Kasko makes cakes, she uses algorithms, mathematical principles, and parametric design! She makes STEM Cakes! Cake Design Dinara is a pastry chef and culinary artist from Ukraine. After… Read More »
The Definition of a Flipped Classroom
The clearest definition of flipped learning that I have seen comes from Robert Talbert on the website Flipped Learning Global Initiative. His definition: Flipped Learning is a pedagogical approach in which first contact with new concepts moves from the group learning space to the individual learning space in the form of structured activity, and… Read More »
Late School Starts Really Work
When you set your clocks back or forward think about this. Thomas Dekker wasn’t thinking about late school starts when he wrote about sleep in the 1500’s. “Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.” But he should have been! The Beatles used his words in one of their songs, but it… Read More »
Holiday Giving 2017
It’s the time of year when people’s minds turn to ways they can help their community. As you start thinking about ways to give this holiday season here are some suggestions we thought might help. #1 Amazon Smile AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as the… Read More »
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