River Fund Youth Innovation Summit A 2.5-day virtual design challenge workshop sponsored by the River Fund The Design Challenge Earlier this month The River Fund Maine (TRFM) hosted another design thinking workshop in their “Dare…Read More
Submitted and written by SA-KRED staff Mia Shifrin ’19, Maddie Williams ’19, and Will Maloney ’18 Working at Gould’s SA-KRED cafe is learning by doing. When the donuts are placed on the counter and the…Read More
This past week nine Gould students travelled to Colby College to compete in the Maine State Science Fair, the largest such fair in the state with 175 competitors from 26 schools. All the Gould students who…Read More
Faculty Spotlight: Sara Whalen Shifrin ’88 P ’19 Sara Whalen Shifrin lives the mantra that the only thing constant is change. From her time as a student to her recent move into the position of…Read More
Rapid Design Thinking Challenge: Build a Foundation When you listen to students in between classes, you start to hear how they frame learning: “Did you do all the work last night?” “I think I did…Read More
Activities and Student Homestay Days (Written by Mr. Hayward) After a great day of activities at Tumaini Senior Secondary School and another overnight in the dorms, we woke today and headed back towards Karatu to begin…Read More
Tanzania: Project Day at Tumaini Senior Secondary School (Sent via inReach by Mr. Hayward) It was a great day at Tumaini Senior Secondary School (TSSS) that started with experiential learning games and initiatives. Gould students and their…Read More
What is my creative confidence instrument? A sewing machine. Ever since I can recall, my mother had a sewing machine around and made clothes, costumes, dolls, and accessories for our house. Sewing machines were magic.…Read More
Board work during a class significantly shifts how students participate in the learning: whether it is a chalk talk, problem solving, declining verbs, or sketching a design when students are up and at a board…Read More
We are closing out exam period, and the library has been packed with students working to pull together evidence of learning from a term of work. Some easily engage in a CENT COM (central command)…Read More