Category Archives: education

#NAISAC Let the games begin…

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Kathleen McNamara Head's Up!

Brief opening film about a satellite campus model for independent schools. I am totally intrigued by the Winchendon-Brooklyn satellite campus model. Interesting! The model seems worth exploring! Re-imagining schools? Maybe!  

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Heading to NAIS in Long Beach this week!

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Kathleen McNamara Head's Up!

  The Annual conference for NAIS is slated to begin this week. It’s usually a combination of “old home week” seeing colleagues and friends from schools across the country and sensory overload, with exhibitions and many sessions to attend, more … Continue reading →

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Touring SF

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Kathleen McNamara Head's Up!
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Let the tour begin!

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Kathleen McNamara Head's Up!
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Negotiating Screen Time for families…

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Kathleen McNamara Head's Up!

This is a hot topics for families all over this country, including our Seven Hills families. Screen time questions  

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Helping children with the social struggles of social media…

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Kathleen McNamara Head's Up!

We’ve just concluded our winter grade level roundtables at Seven Hills, and some of our parenting conversations have been very similar to the advice shared here.

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Sometimes, a good parenting article enters my orbit…

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Kathleen McNamara Head's Up!

This would have been helpful to me as my own children were navigating not only their elementary and middle school years, but my own expectations of what those experiences should look like… Parenting from Boston Globe Magazine

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Which skills really matter? Forbes 2018

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Kathleen McNamara Head's Up!

Amity Millhiser was our keynote speaker last week for our Career Pathways event in San Francisco. She’s a great resource for us at Seven Hills. https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitymillhiser/2018/12/06/tech-skills-are-in-demand-but-companies-cant-lose-sight-of-soft-skills/#73e772211c2b

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Should the goal be Straight-As? Adam Grant says no…

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Kathleen McNamara Head's Up!

I have been an Adam Grant fan for a while. The faculty and staff read one of his books last summer, Give and Take, after I heard him speak at NAIS last year. I agree wholeheartedly with this piece. It … Continue reading →

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Being Grateful CAN prolong your life…

Posted on November 24, 2018 by Kathleen McNamara Head's Up!

  At Seven Hills, one of our core values is Be Grateful. We teach students to be aware of how lucky they are to be able to attend Seven Hills and to recognize that not everyone is as fortunate. We … Continue reading →

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