Vive la France! This past summer, I traveled to France with eight Tologs for a 10-day language immersion tour. While providing students the opportunity to learn and practice their language skills, they also were able to experience what it is like to live in France. Students who traveled included Genesis Li ‘18, Samantha Covey ‘19, … Read more…
When I was in high school (back in the olden days), if I wanted to carry on a covert conversation in class, I had to undertake the dangerous work of writing and passing a note. For my students, such furtive exchanges happen via iPhone and are as often pictures or videos as they are texts. … Read more…
My Senior Research Project adventure began the summer before my senior year. Our advisors asked us to watch, read and learn about a variety of different topics. It was exciting that they gave us the freedom to choose between many different articles, movies, books and documentaries. One of the materials I chose to watch was the documentary “Good Hair.” The … Read more…
In a couple short weeks, you, the high school students of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy and around the country, will be out of school enjoying spring break 2017. And what do you need when you are on a long boring plane ride, when you’ve caught up on your television queue, and when you need a … Read more…
There is an increasing national educational obsession with STEM, which stands for science, technology, engineering and math. This national obsession is aimed at increasing student proficiency in these technical fields so that they are prepared to live in and become leaders in an increasingly technical world. And with any educational initiative, there are many variations … Read more…