Fifth Graders Demonstrate a Growth Mindset

Fifth Graders Demonstrate a Growth Mindset

In a unit in Brainology, fifth graders paired personal learning objectives with their knowledge of brain science

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How Do Remarkable Woman Lead?

How Do Remarkable Woman Lead?

With the help of SFDS alumna Susie Cranston (’92), parents considered gender differences and the lessons learned from more than five years of research.

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A Concert for Community Family

A Concert for Community Family

Concert for Community was a wonderful experience for me and I was so happy to be a part of it. Here is a behind the scenes look at C4C.

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SFDS Listening Forum

SFDS Listening Forum

Call a gathering of the Day School community to generate ideas and there will be a lot of them! It’s no surprise, then, that the strategic plan task force members now have hundreds of ideas to sort through as they develop priorities for the School going forward. The School hosted a series of “listening forums” over the past two weeks to solicit ideas from community members as it starts the process of creating a new strategic plan.

March Madness for SFDS means “Parent Survey Month”

March Madness for SFDS means “Parent Survey Month”

The Community Listening Forums were completed with vigorous and substantive participation by parents, teachers, alumni, trustees, and former trustees. SDFS will soon be launching an online opportunity for all those who were unable to attend the Community Listening Forums. We strongly encourage you to offer your thoughts and ideas through the online forums. The link will be sent to you this week.

Teaching Empathy

Teaching Empathy

A recent New York Times article ─“Empathy’s Natural, But Nurturing It Helps” (February 16, 2010)─ shows not only the importance of the quality called empathy and the necessary conditions for its development in children, but also the role of parents and teachers in its nurturance.

Room Parents’ Efforts to Recruit Bear Fruit

Room Parents’ Efforts to Recruit Bear Fruit

More than once Barbara Abbott cancelled volunteer dates at the food bank last spring due to unsuccessful efforts to recruit San Francisco Day School families. Several months later, the Community Service Opportunities for Families Committee faces a new problem: too many volunteers.

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