Friday Box Activities

March 13, 2012

GR Cotillion Intro Letter 2012 GR Cotillion Schedule 2012

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Yes

March 12, 2012

“We will be held accountable for all the permitted pleasures we failed to enjoy.” – Talmud The human mind is a natural incubator of ideas.  We are born to create.  We have consistently astonished ourselves through the generations with entrepreneurial and exploratory approaches to living.  Well, some of us. Here’s evidence:  Research shows that people who are [...]

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Perseverance and Mastery Learning

March 5, 2012

More Information —>Mastery_Learning_&_Friday_Box_2011 Perseverance is one of the Core Values of The Grauer School. We recognize that not every student is equally gifted, but all are encouraged to maximize their talents.  Determination is fostered in every young learner, and our Mastery Learning program assures that each student will grasp key learning points before moving on [...]

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Green Grauer Power

March 5, 2012

In this young millennium, the challenge is not just to resist fears coming from all directions, but to be personally strong, every one of us, in creating the changes we hope for. Eating locally grown food does a whole lot more than just eliminating E. coli outbreaks, long term refrigeration, and unnecessary trucking and shipping:  The [...]

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Expeditionary Learning

February 27, 2012

With the formal announcement of our Spring Expedition line-up this week, I thought that we would focus on one of The Grauer School’s Core Features—Expeditionary Learning—this week. Grauer students engage in unforgettable exploration around the globe. The school was founded on the idea of “learning by discovery” and provides students with the world-wide experience to [...]

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Spring 2012 Expeditions

February 27, 2012

Spring_Expedition_Letter_2011-12 The Grauer School has a rich history of offering exciting, humanitarian-service themed opportunities to our students through our Expeditions program.  This year is no exception, as students will have the opportunity to engage in one of these incredible Expeditions: Big Sur-vivor: Self and Wilderness Discovery Santa Barbara: Exploring California’s Energy Resources Los Angeles Film [...]

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The Hopes of Our Students

February 27, 2012

“Hope” has to do with the ideas and energy we have for the future. Did you know that hope is more predictive of academic success than traditional measures (Gallup Poll, 2011)? It drives effort, academic achievement, and even credits earned, and retention of students in school. How is this possible? Its easy to imagine if [...]

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Student-Led Conferences: Thank You!

February 21, 2012

<— Click to Return to the Weekly Newsletter We wish to sincerely thank all of you who joined us for our second set of student-led parent-teacher conferences this year. Getting to speak with you regarding our relationship driven education while the students demonstrate both self-advocacy and collaborative leadership is certainly a small school advantage that we are all grateful [...]

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Intellectual Curiosity

February 21, 2012

<— Click to Return to the Weekly Newsletter According to the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science, intellectual curiosity is a strong predictor of future academic performance.  The conclusion was based on a meta-analysis of 200 previous studies of students who rated their own intellectual curiosity, among other factors.  Intellectual curiosity has as large an effect on academic performance [...]

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Resting Comfortably on the Tight Wire

February 21, 2012

<— Click to Return to the Weekly Newsletter Restaurants.  Grocery stores. Airports.  It seems like wherever I go people are eager to talk about education.  I suppose this could get old for some people but, true confessions, I like it. It is surely easier being in my own realm than being out in the periphery where I am less [...]

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