Get Schooled: A Fond Farewell
When I started “Get Schooled” in January 2010, I wrote about the one thing I believe keeps life from becoming boring: curiosity. Curiosity has led me all over the Historic…
Get Schooled: Students Use Twitter to Advocate for the Bay
Students at Queens Lake Middle School recently became teachers to the world at large, crafting tweets to educate their followers about the Chesapeake Bay. The seventh-graders were participating in the…
Get Schooled: Socratic Method Gets Students Talking
A few times a year, Kathy Eanes has one of those days English teachers dream about. The Walsingham Academy teacher sees her students raise questions, draw conclusions and persuade each…
Get Schooled: Event Aims to Eliminate Fear of Math
Just utter the word “integer” and shivers run down the spine of all of us who were petrified of math classes in school. For people like me, math never…
Get Schooled: Walsingham Teachers Create Lessons From Selection of Pope
For two days this week, students at Walsingham Academy studied computer and TV screens showing views of the chimney at the Sistine Chapel. They scrutinized the smoke pumped through the…
Get Schooled: WM Alums Help Sponsor Service Spring Breaks
In 2006, The College of William & Mary introduced students to the idea of spending their spring breaks not in Cabo or Miami, but completing service projects that enriched their…
Get Schooled: Students Show Off Talents in Spring Musicals
It’s getting a bit warmer every week and that means it’s time for one thing: spring musicals. Just as flowers begin to bloom, student talent blooms on stages across the…
Get Schooled: Warhill Students Compete to Build Duct Tape Boats
In the great duct tape boat-building battle of 2013, the S.S. Warhill II proved the most sea-worthy. With just a roll of duct tape and their collective minds, 105 Warhill…