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Manchester Elementary-Middle School

compassion and empathy
Community-based learning Stories from VT Students 

How to create empathy with your community

June 13, 2018September 19, 2018 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments empathy, Manchester Elementary-Middle School

Meet the Compassionate Faces of the Shires How do your students recognize compassion? Do they recognize it in the faces

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4 ways to jazz up an exhibition
Community-based learning 

4 ways to jazz up a school exhibition

April 25, 2018February 13, 2019 Audrey Homan 7 Comments Brattleboro Area Middle School, Burke Town School, digital guestbook, flipgrid, Google Forms, Manchester Elementary-Middle School, school exhibitions

Going beyond the gallery walk Exhibition season is upon us! And as you’re making ready to throw open the doors

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what makes school exhibitions so powerful?
Stories from VT Students 

Why host a whole-school exhibition?

April 6, 2018September 26, 2018 Rachel Mark 2 Comments Manchester Elementary-Middle School, school exhibition, school exhibitions

Providing an arena for powerful family feedback School exhibitions take work. They take work to organize, schedule, promote and pull

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Should Vermont host the next olympics
Real World PBL Stories from VT Students 

Should Vermont host the next Olympics?

March 23, 2018September 19, 2018 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments civics, Manchester Elementary-Middle School, Olympic games, Olympics, school board presentations, select board, selectboard

Manchester’s 6th graders weigh in… to their Selectboard. Teams of 6th-grade students from Manchester Elementary Middle School researched this question

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4 end-of-year activities for advisory

June 11, 2017June 16, 2017 Rachel Mark 0 Comments advisory, Flipboard, Google Sites, Manchester Elementary-Middle School

Acknowledge, share, recognize The end of the school year is every bit as happy and joyous as it is chaotic

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