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On Saturday, November 17, twenty-two Sage Middle School students attended a Model UN Conference at Northeastern University sponsored by the United Nations Association of Greater Boston. Model UN is a simulation of the United Nations in which students assume the roles of United Nations delegates. Sage delegates Sami A. and Bridget C. won a coveted […]
As educators and community members here at Sage, one of our primary goals is to best prepare our students for the world outside our doors. In the words of our mission, we want our students to go forth confidently, applying their gifts, creativity, and curiosity to the world beyond Sage. Being a faculty member in […]
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically… Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” – Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. While mission is the heart of what drives a successful community, how does an organization then accomplish that mission? As an independent school for a […]
The Sage School’s Director of Technology, Jorge Vega, shares some of the school’s exciting developments and talks about what it means to “be online” at Sage.
I had such a great time with the sixth grade on Thompson Island. We learned about the principles of the Outward Bound philosophy: physical fitness, craftsmanship, service to others, self reliance, and compassion above all else. The students also learned about challenge by choice where they were urged to leave their comfort zone and head […]
The seventh grade had a jam packed week planned for our trip to Gettysburg and Washington D.C. Of course, we couldn’t have started it off without a pit stop to Hershey’s Chocolate World in Hershey Park, PA to fuel the rest of our trip. On our first full day in Gettysburg we took a look […]
Hola! Our five days in beautiful and historic Puerto Rico were fantastic. We learned much about the history of the island. Some of our trip studies included: the early Taino people and archeological finds, the Spanish conquest, life in old San Juan, military engagements and forts, US conquest, US military and the island in WWII, […]
During the week of May 14, The Sage School will celebrate one of its most anticipated annual traditions called Cluster Week. This week is filled with special elective classes for students in the school’s Prime and Junior Divisions (grades K-5) such as “Origami,” “And the Oscar Goes to…,” “May it Please the Court,” “Brain Games,” […]
This past weekend, twenty-two Sage students attended two difference Model UN conferences, one in New York, hosted by the United Nations Associations Global Classrooms, and one in Worcester, MA, hosted by United Nations Association and Clark University. The New York conference is the only international Model UN conference designed specifically for students in grades 5-8, […]
My seventh and eighth grade students are now studying the years leading up to World War II, and in connection with this topic, they learned about people who were inspired by Franklin Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union Address, commonly known as the “Four Freedoms” speech, to create works of art. After study of these […]