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TCS Explores Parallels with Expeditionary Learning
Expeditionary learning (EL) is an educational model that emphasizes active learning, character development, and teamwork to help students achieve high levels of performance. It's based on the idea that students learn best when they're engaged in challenging, meaningful, and adventurous work. A main goal of EL is to “enable excellent equitable outcomes for all students across three dimensions of student achievement: character, mastery of knowledge and skills, and high-quality
The Children's School
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6th Graders Build a Tinker Room for TCS
A tinker room provides space, tools, and materials for individual and group project work, as well as work in science and engineering.
The Children's School
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TCS Students Honored in Nature Poetry Contest
4th and 5th Graders from the TCS Cloudy with a Chance of Gumdrops class worked with their teacher, Ms. Lisa Friedman, this year on a...
The Children's School
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Highlights from our 20th Anniversary Bash
The Children's School officially celebrated its 20th anniversary and welcomed a new Head of School.
The Children's School
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TCS Welcomes New Head of School!
The Children’s School of Oak Park (TCS) completed its national search for a new Head of School, choosing Ms. Michelle Candelaria-Dunstan, M.
The Children's School
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Girl Scouts Create School-Wide Composting Program
The Children's School now has a school-wide composting program thanks to an ongoing project launched by our Girl Scout troop! The troop...
The Children's School
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