NEW YORK, NY – Principal Padilla, parent coordinator Annery Quezada, and eighth grade English teacher Tim Pearce are implementing a new Parent Program into this federally-funded magnet school on the upper west side of New York City. West Prep Academy has a themed curriculum, “youth voice through youth media,” and Principal Roberto Padilla wants parents …
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SENG (Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted)
POUGHQUAG, NY. SENG is dedicated to fostering environments in which gifted adults and children, in all their diversity, understand and accept themselves and are understood, valued, nurtured, and supported by their families, schools, workplaces and communities. SENG has been a dynamic supporter of the mission of the JW Foundation and several key ongoing initiatives (listed …
Dalton Middle School
DALTON, GA. Ric Murry, a social studies teacher at this school whose student body is 66% Hispanic, is using The Art of Learning with parents—most of whom did not graduate high school— to “illustrate the role of the learner in the educational process.”