Confidence Unlocked: How Voice and Choice Engages Students in Deeper Learning
Release Date: 10/17/2025
Teaching Connection, One Family at a Time
Rowland Hall Stories
It's amazing what you can learn about your classmates just by asking a few simple questions. In this episode, we learn about family sharing, a new activity in Alise Anderson and Melinda Canfield's 3PreK class that's helping students build a strong sense of community, right from the start of their school journey.
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Confidence Unlocked: How Voice and Choice Engages Students in Deeper Learning
Rowland Hall Stories
How do we ensure students are engaged, empowered, and confident? Through voice and choice, a learning approach that's woven throughout the Rowland Hall experience—often in unexpected ways. In this episode, we visit one fourth-grade classroom to see the approach in action.
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Growth, Grit, Global Impact: Debate 2024–2025
Rowland Hall Stories
It's always a great year for Rowland Hall Debate, and 2024–2025 was no exception. Tune in to hear highlights from the most recent debate season and how the team is preparing for another exciting year.
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Mick Gee Reflects on First Five Years as Head of School
Rowland Hall Stories
This week, Mick Gee celebrated his fifth anniversary as head of school. In honor of this milestone, Mick reflected on some of his biggest projects during his first five years at Rowland Hall and what lies in the school's bright future.
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Third Graders Partner with Pingree Peers
Rowland Hall Stories
To foster a stronger, more inclusive community, teacher Hannah Ruske and her third-grade class partnered with students at the Carmen B. Pingree Autism Center of Learning during the 2024–2025 school year. Learn about their experience—and how you, too, can work to make the world more welcoming for every type of learner. A note on the language used in this episode: While there are multiple ways to identify as Autistic, Rowland Hall has chosen to use the identity-first language that many Autistic adults advocate for. We have also chosen to capitalize Autism and Autistic in the linked story to...
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Middle School Aviation: A Gateway to Deep Learning
Rowland Hall Stories
Since 2009, Middle School aviation classes have been popular among students, offering many fun, hands-on opportunities to learn the scientific and mathematical principles behind flying.
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Unlocking Imagination Through Loose Parts Play
Rowland Hall Stories
Crates become robots. Toy ducks become cars. Fabric becomes water. When it comes to loose parts play, a child's imagination leads the way. Discover how our 3PreK classes embrace this creativity-fueled play and why it's so important for childhood development.
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The Next Chapter: Computer Science Added to Advanced Research Program
Rowland Hall Stories
The Upper School's Advanced Research program took an exciting leap forward this year with the launch of AR Computational and Mathematical Sciences, the newest opportunity for students eager to engage in self-directed, college-level research—now in the dynamic field of computer science.
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Innovation Meets Action at Rowland Hall’s Center for Community Impact
Rowland Hall Stories
Launched in spring 2024, Rowland Hall's Center for Community Impact is supporting the school's goal to be an indispensable partner in our region. Learn more about the center's work, including the many ways it provides students with opportunities to connect with local changemakers.
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Middle Schoolers Take On the World at Model UN Conference
Rowland Hall Stories
This February, 16 Rowland Hall students—and 1,300 participants from around the world—gathered for this year's Model United Nations conference in New York City, an incredible simulation of international collaboration.
info_outlineHow do we ensure students are engaged, empowered, and confident? Through voice and choice, a learning approach that's woven throughout the Rowland Hall experience—often in unexpected ways. In this episode, we visit one fourth-grade classroom to see the approach in action.