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Noted American Historian Speaks to Collegiate Students

Edward Ayers, the Tucker-Boatwright Professor of the Humanities at the University of Richmond, where he is President Emeritus, spoke this morning to Collegiate School seniors in The River City Capstone and juniors in American History classes.
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Kindergarteners Spread Message of Kindness

Kindergartners in Kim Hines’ class had a paint party and created “Be Kind” signs with Richmond resident Gini Bonnell, who makes the signs and distributes them to schools, local businesses and individuals.
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Lower School Book Gathering Focuses on Love and Kindness

During the second of three Book Gatherings in the Lower School this year, the focus was on love and kindness. Collegiate librarian Kate Featherson read “The Proudest Blue” about a young girl’s first day of wearing a hijab to school.
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African American Literature and Honors Art Classes Explore Space and Place

Collegiate students in Dr. Linda Rouse’s African American Literature class and Pam Sutherland's Honors Art class took a field trip down Monument Ave to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. They started at Stuart Circle, where they discussed the J.E.B. Stuart monument, what they learned about Monument Ave, and experienced the space and the place.
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Kindergartners Sell Shoes for a Cause

The Cougar Shoe Store opened for business this morning in Centennial Hall, a collaboration between Collegiate School Kindergartners in Beth Anne Shelly’s and Elizabeth Andrews' classes to create a shoe store to learn about economics and empathy.
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Upper Schoolers Attend Virginia Diversity Network’s MLK Jr. Symposium

A group of our Upper Schoolers and four faculty members enjoyed participating in the Virginia Diversity Network’s MLK Jr. Symposium today at Episcopal High School in Northern Virginia. It was a meaningful way to spend the holiday.
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Upper School Students Share Experience at National Diversity Conference

At this morning’s Upper School assembly, six Collegiate students shared their experiences from the national Student Diversity Leadership Conference they attended in December.
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Collegiate Middle Schoolers Explore World Religions

As part of their study of world religions, Collegiate Middle School students learned about Judaism at their assembly this morning.
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John Dau Shares Experiences at Collegiate, Cares for the People of South Sudan

John Dau, Collegiate School’s Global Scholar-in-Residence, has spent time this fall talking with students across Collegiate’s three divisions. He also has remained dedicated to the John Dau Foundation (JDF), whose mission is to provide health care and nutrition programs to the citizens of South Sudan — one of the most war-torn, impoverished countries in the world.
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Students and Faculty Attend Student Diversity and Leadership Conference

This group of Upper School Cougars spent a December weekend in Seattle attending the National Association of Independent Schools Student Diversity and Leadership Conference with peers from across the nation. Our faculty members who accompanied them were excited to simultaneously attend the People of Color Conference.
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Fourth Grade Service Learning Project Concludes Immigration Unit

As a culminating event to their immigration unit, for three weeks in November Collegiate 4th Graders participated in a service learning project that allowed them to spend time with and get to know local immigrant and refugee children.

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Middle School Students Attend Building Bridges: Stories Told – Stories Heard

Seven Collegiate Middle School students, accompanied by faculty members Michael Blair and Sandy Ting, recently attended the “Building Bridges: Stories Told – Stories Heard” conference at St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School in Alexandria, Virginia. Collegiate students met with other Middle School students from all over Virginia to identify ways to make their Middle School community a stronger and more inclusive one. The students also enjoyed a performance by professional storyteller Diane Macklin.
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Collegiate 4th Grade Capstone Kicks Off

Collegiate School 4th Graders this morning launched their grade-level Capstone experience, Envision Collegiate, by meeting School leaders from various departments who will guide them as they explore the question, How might we improve the sustainability of Collegiate’s campus by 2028?
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Sixth Annual TEDxYouth@RVA Event Encourages “Fusion”

The sixth annual TEDxYouth@RVA will take place on Saturday, Nov. 16, in Collegiate School’s Hershey Center for the Arts. The general public is invited to hear a wide range of local speakers reflect on the theme Fusion.
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Community Engagement Program Visits Partner Sites

Collegiate 9th Graders boarded buses for the second of six visits to Richmond-area nonprofits as part of their grade-level service learning program, Community Engagement 2019-20, through which all 9th Graders volunteer once a month from now through April (excluding December) at Richmond-area nonprofits. The program builds upon the experiences provided to students through the 7th Grade service learning program, Connect Richmond, and the 8th Grade Capstone program, Envision Richmond.
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Inaugural RVA Engage Civic Impact Summit

Collegiate senior Shreya Sharma and five other Upper School students attended the inaugural RVA Engage Civic Impact Summit this week, and Shreya had the opportunity to meet keynote speaker Eric Liu, CEO of Citizen University.
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Endowments Provide Extraordinary Learning Experiences for Seniors

During a special presentation yesterday morning, seven Collegiate School seniors shared how student endowments made possible by the generosity of Collegiate families enabled them to travel and explore their individual areas of interest over the summer.
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Making Ideas Tangible in the Maker Space

Collegiate Middle School students in English teacher Meg Evans' class are creating visual representations of some aspect of the novel they have read, "My Name is not Easy," by Debbie Dahl Edwardson. The students are working in the Makerspace in Reed-Gumenick Library. One pair of students crafted an "emotional rollercoaster" to reflect the emotional journey that one of the novel's characters experiences.
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Collegiate Students Celebrate Diwali

With visits from Collegiate School parents and presentations at an assembly, Middle and Lower School students have learned over the past week about Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights.
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Collegiate School Hosts Workshop "Navigating Difficult Conversations"

Collegiate School hosted a Virginia Diversity Network workshop, "Navigating Difficult Conversations." Collegiate’s Director of Global Engagement and Inclusion Erica Coffey, who serves as co-president of VDN, introduced Collegiate Head of School Penny Evins, who welcomed the 90 attendees from 18 Virginia schools saying, “I hope you leave here feeling a bit deeper and a bit more courageous.”
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