New Resolutions
For many years, January 1 corresponded with the removal of one unhealthy food from my diet in an attempt to improve how and what I eat. This yielded some positive results. It has been more
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Spotlight on Service Learning in the Lower School
Each grade level in the lower school has taken on a theme for service learning this year. By incorporating lessons and activities into the curriculum, students gain experience in empathy and leading a life
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Midterms in Middle School
One of our primary goals throughout a student's time in middle school is to prepare them for the increasing academic challenges of high school. To this end, we gradually phase in larger, cumulative midterm
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How Do We Use Computer Science at TDS?
Six TDS faculty/staff members explain how computer science is baked into robotics, Google Classroom, 3D printing, virtual field trips, editing the website, and much more. It’s Computer Science Week, both
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Service Learning Projects
The middle schoolers have been learning about service learning this week! We have discussed different types of projects they could complete, from direct, person-to-person service learning projects like serving food in a homeless shelter
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Figure It Out
In the Ditmore household, we’ve entered the treacherous territory of having a new walker among us. As our one-year-old Freddie’s stocky legs haphazardly move him around the room, I’m finding myself constantly scanning for
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Microaggressions
My mother’s forty-four year career with our federal government began at the Atomic Energy Commission, where she served as an environmental analyst. After a few years, she found her way to the Nuclear Regulatory
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Experiential Learning in Science
One of my favorite things about the Middle School curriculum is our focus on experiential learning in science! Covid-19 has made running science labs especially challenging over the past two years, but our science
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The Return of Smiling Faces
I underestimated the joy I would feel as I walked through recess these past two days and saw so many smiling faces. While masks have been - and still are - an obvious necessity
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Raising Digital Natives
Over the past few weeks, TDS hosted three virtual sessions with Dr. Devorah Heitner, author of Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World. In all, more than 350 parents from nine
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Middle School Electives
With the start of the new quarter next week, some of the middle schoolers will have a new set of electives! In 6th grade, students have a set roster of electives that they take
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Reading is Everything
It’s the end of the first quarter, which means it’s time for my annual proclamation that reading is everything, and I can’t overstate the benefits of modeling healthy reading habits at home. In Reader’s
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