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Open House! 6/17
We hosted our first Open House for 2015-2016 school year! We held a Q&A at the end of the sessions where the parents were able ask questions on their individual concerns and get advice from Mr. Anderson, our principal. For those of you who came out, we are hosting the orientation on 2nd or 3rd week of August….
6-8th Grade Summer Reading (Part 2)
Counting By 7s Holly Goldberg Sloan In the tradition of Out of My Mind, Wonder, and Mockingbird, this is an intensely moving middle grade novel about being an outsider, coping with loss, and discovering the true meaning of family. Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it…
4 Proven Tips For Your Dream College Admission
1. Prepare, prepare, prepare Unlike anything students have experienced before, colleges look at all four years of high school years. So the best tip here is to prepare yourself to showcase every aspect of your high school years to colleges. Colleges admissions want to see that you’re an expert at one thing, not dipping in every…
Virtual Reality and the Future of EdTech
As technology advances further and further into the future, where can we expect it to land in the field of education? How can it advance e-learning? Innovations once thought too advanced for children or too expensive for individual classrooms are working their way into the e-learning atmosphere. Take the computer for example. Only 15 years…
Untitled by Brandon Edwards
She cried in front of me for the first time And I realized how delicate the heart can be. But since I didn’t realize before the outcome was set Only thing was I couldn’t see. And with my ignorance at play, I blindly me the criteria for breaking a heart. I mean I literally…
PVA Weekly Update — April 28
The spring weather is here to stay and with it come some exciting PVA announcements! PVA Goes to the Opera Last Wednesday, some students and administrators headed over to the Academy of Fine arts to see an inspiring production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni! Can you find yourself or any of your friends in the…
How EdTech Innovators Can Learn From Classroom Teachers
Our EdTech posts of past have primarily focused on how educators and schools can focus their curriculum on new education technology innovations to increase student involvement and improvement inside the classroom. A recent article by Jordan Shapiro of Forbes.com flips the perspective. Shapiro asks EdTech entrepreneurs, “Have you asked the teachers what they want, or…
Weekly Update — April 22nd
As another nice week of weather rolls in, PVA rolls forward. Tomorrow is our trip to the Academy of Music at the Kimmel Center as “PVA Goes to the Opera.” We’ll be seeing a dress rehearsal of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Students are welcome to simply meet at the Kimmel Center prior to the start time…