Introducing the Founding Families Benefit Program. Whittle School & Studios has always seen as central to its mission the importance of Fostering Generosity of Spirit. That phrase was the heading of an important chapter in our original “book,” written four years ago this month, that describes Whittle’s vision.
Read MoreThe Whittle community is grateful for many things this year: for members of the healthcare community, essential workers, advocates fighting racial inequality and promoting justice. And as the world says goodbye to a difficult year, we are taking the opportunity to reflect on the positives within our own community - the bright moments of 2020 that helped our Whittle world find light in the darkness, and the wins that kept us motivated to continue moving forward.
Read MoreA commonly held intuitive mantra in project-based learning is that learning best happens when we are teaching others. With that in mind, I try to create experiences for students that allow them to teach a wider audience about what they are learning in class.
Read MoreOne of my ancestral stories goes like this:
In 1891, my great-great grandfather Jordan Young (no relation to Younge) decided to move from his home in Columbia, South Carolina, where he had previously been enslaved, to Fowler, California. He and his three brothers received a letter from their sister, Julia Bell, who told them they should come. Jordan took the train out west, found the dusty land to his liking, and started a farm. A few years later, he sent for his wife, Louisa, and seven children. Eventually he would own a 160 acre ranch and several lots in the growing city.
Read MoreEvery Wednesday at Whittle School and Studios is X-Day – an entire school day devoted to experiences that support our experiential and project-based learning curriculum. The schedule is ours to design and all ideas are on the table. It is not easy to come up with a fresh and extraordinary educational experience each week. It takes a lot of effort and communication. But when the programming comes together, you can feel the power of experiential learning working for both students and teachers.
Read MoreWhat better way to pass time as a family than to through an at-home engineering challenge? Recently, Whittle school families participated in a Rube Goldberg challenge in creating a “chain-reaction” obstacle course.
Read Moreby Lesley Younge, Middle School Humanities and Math Teacher, Whittle School & Studios, Washington, DC. Last summer I had the pleasure of meeting a new colleague who would teach the same subject on our Shenzhen campus. Daniel Romero is a dynamic educator and a curriculum design powerhouse. When he graciously offered to share his files, it became apparent Danny was that teacher.
Read MoreMiddle School Humanities and Math Teacher, Lesley Younge was recently featured on the Kojo Nnamdi Show to discuss her work teaching about Climate Justice. We love watching our Whittle School & Studios faculty have a real-world impact beyond the classroom. Read more about Ms. Younge’s commitment to re-imagining education for the 21st-century world:
Read MoreVisiting Artist, Helen Zughaib, inspired Middle School students to reflect on themes of heroism and migration during a recent series of workshops at Whittle School & Studios DC Campus. A Lebanese-born mixed-media artist currently living in Washington, DC, Zughaib uses art as a medium to foster dialogue and encourage an exchange of ideas between the Middle East and the United States.
Read MoreAt Whittle, we believe deeply in a personalized, interdisciplinary, and project-based approach to education. In our Middle School, we recently put those beliefs to action in the 6th and 7th Grades project culmination of the Me and Us Museums.
Read MoreBefore Whittle School & Studios even opened its doors last month, 21 pioneering students in grades 7-10 joined the first-ever DC Center of Excellence (COE) initiative, the “ Summer Ideas Lab Experience,” a summer webinar series where students modeled a real-life think tank.
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