Tag Archives: empathy

Elementary Digital Magic

Posted on June 8, 2016 by margaretjhaviland

What happens when you invite film maker Rich Hoffman to help Primary Circle and First Grade students make stop animation films? You get a kind of magic tailor-made for our youngest learners for whom the world is a wondrous place for … Continue reading →

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Students Consider the Quaker Testimony on Equality

Posted on March 4, 2016 by margaretjhaviland

Meeting for Worship for Business Westtown Lower School Query on Equality March 3, 2016 Lower School students, faculty and friends entered the Meeting House to peaceful piano music and, after the Meeting had settled into silence, 5th grader Santiago read … Continue reading →

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The Justice Project and Empathy

Posted on February 22, 2016 by margaretjhaviland

By Abigail Lausch After reading To Kill a Mockingbird, a Depression-era novel that focuses on the unjust trial of a black man, seventh graders began a project that combined two of the major themes of the novel: justice and empathy. … Continue reading →

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