From Buddies to Budding Friendships: Social-Emotional Learning in Junior Kindergarten
“I like climbing! And I can count to 100!” What makes you a good friend? In addition to their explorations-based study of many academic foundations …
Inspiring education
Collected Classroom Moments
This week’s weather put a damper on my class visit routines. In lieu of the usual, more detailed insight into two grade levels, here is …
Justice, Action, and Azadi at Hillbrook
Community Care and Changemaking “Not sure if you know about this, but our daughter has been leading a group of other second-grade girls in making …
CREATED IN COMMUNITY: BUILDING HILLBROOK’S NEXT VISION PLAN
Improving a school is a goal that technically never arrives – we rise to meet a continuously evolving moment, anchored and guided by our mission …
Justice and Hope in Action: Meet Mike Peller, Hillbrook’s Founding Head of Upper School
This year, Hillbrook is proud to welcome Mike Peller to our staff as our Founding Head of Upper School – from the very beginning, it …
Spaces: A Journey of Togetherness
After two years without music, Hillbrook’s concert makes a dramatic return The fall and winter of the 2021 – 22 school year found the Hillbrook …
The Many Magical Roles of Mary Babbitt Hammers
If changing times are marked by turns of phrase, there’s one in particular we’re well-acquainted with by now: the challenges of the year. For our …
Turning Ideas Into Impact With Two New Core Classes at Hillbrook
One of the oft-cited mantras of the Scott Center for Social Entrepreneurship: “Big challenges present big opportunities for social entrepreneurs.” While there have been myriad …
The Learned Bird Catches the Word: Hillbrook’s Approach to Early Literacy
by Colleen Schilly, Associate Head of School, Ilsa Dohmen, Director of Teaching and Learning, and Kelly Scholten, Associate Head of Lower School “If you are …
Introducing the Founding Director for the Scott Center for Social Entrepreneurship
We are excited to announce that we have hired Annie Makela as the founding Director for the Scott Center for Social Entrepreneurship. Annie combines deep …