This week, Hewitt faculty in STEM and Humanities participated in a two-day workshops hosted by Hewitt’s Center for Teaching and Learning through Writing (CTLW). Faculty in grades k-5 collaborated with workshop facilitator Mary Anne Sacco to plan for the 2013-2014 roll-out of a Writers’ Workshop program based on Lucy Calkins’ “Units of Study.” Humanities and [...]

Félicitations to all second, third, fifth and sixth grade French students and their teachers, Mesdames Albino, Arnod, Ostrow, and Toussaint, for Hewitt’s successful participation in the National French Contest. The students performed very well on what was a challenging reading, listening, and speaking test. The majority of our students were ranked in the top 20% nationally. Ten [...]

This summer, Hewitt is hosting The Logo Summer Institute, a workshop designed for teachers, parents, and technology integrators eager to learn how to integrate programming or robotics into the curriculum. Facilitated by Hewitt technology coordinator Erik Nauman, along with other technologists, the workshop emphasizes learning though designing and building meaningful projects that support computational thinking. [...]