Teaching and Learning

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  September 1, 2016

  To Teach is to Learn. Faculty Development is a Top Priority at Great Schools.

  It’s the first day of school. Kids bounce into the classrooms, fresh from summer rest, happy to see their friends. The room is perfect. Cubbies are labeled, color-coded school supplies […]

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  July 17, 2016

  Sarah on Creativity: 4 Ways We Train Kids to Think Differently

  Can you think of something new, different, or original? Can you solve a problem that seems to have only one solution? Can you do it quickly? This skill is Creativity, and […]

• July 4, 2016

  Happy Birthday America! Teach Your Kids Why We Celebrate.

  Fireworks, family picnics, the red, white, and blue—these are just a few of the images we conjure when we think of the 4th of July. Each year millions of Americans […]

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  June 15, 2016

  Leadership Lexington School

  They are eleven and twelve years old and just DONE with traditional day camps. They’ve made the circuit of local sports and pottery camps, exhausted their options. They are caught in […]

• June 10, 2016

  To Commence is to Begin: The Lexington School Graduation Tradition

  When we take to the grass to find our seats at The Lexington School’s commencement ceremony, we see familiar faces with watery eyes. There are always tears. Parents cry, graduates cry, […]

• May 26, 2016

  Marijo and Her Little Dog Too

  After 38 years of service to The Lexington School, Marijo Foster is retiring. Don’t worry, that doesn’t mean we won’t see her. In fact, we know she will continue to make […]