Best of the Week 2019-2020: Teaching to the Future
ST. ED'S SCIENCE DEPARTMENT CHAIR CONNECTS SCIENCE WITH DIGITAL MEDIA Last week, Science Department Chair Mrs. Anne Marie Lavelle spoke at the National Science Teacher Association Area Conference in Cincinnati, highlighting the connections between science and literacy. Contributing to the theme, "Bringing the Universe to America's Classrooms," with a focus on three-dimensional teaching and learning powered by STEM, Mrs. Lavelle presented on "Teaching Weather and Climate wit
Best of the Week 2019-2020: Excellence in College Prep
THE EDWARDIAN PLAYERS PRESENT "URINETOWN," A WITTY MUSICAL COMEDY For this year's fall play, the Edwardian Players present "Urinetown," a show that brings fresh perspective about society and government to the table through hilarious comedy and satire. Staged in a Gotham-style city, a terrible water shortage brought on by a 20-year drought has left the city's inhabitants to adhere to a government-enforced ban on private toilets while charging admission to use public facilitie
Best of the Week 2019-2020: Holy Cross Values
SOPHOMORE EDSMAN RECEIVES SERVICE AWARD FROM NATIONAL CATHOLIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATION Congratulations to Adam Mocho '22 on receiving the National Catholic Education Association's Youth Virtue, Value and Vision Award for his service and outreach through St. Ed's Labre Ministry. Out of all the Catholic elementary and high schools in the country, Adam is one of ten students this year to receive this award, which recognizes students who go above and beyond the call to serve and w
Best of the Week 2019-2020: Teaching to the Future
ST. ED'S WELCOMES STUDENTS FROM SAINT ALBERT THE GREAT TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUNG INNOVATORS' INSTITUTE FIELD TRIP On Wednesday, St. Ed's welcomed students from Saint Albert the Great's seventh and eighth grade classes for a Young Innovators' Institute field trip. Through the Young Innovators' Institute, the students from Saint Albert the Great have worked diligently over the course of 13 weeks through each step of the design cycle. This process has included brainstorming, pro
Best of the Week 2019-2020: Excellence in College Prep
MEMBERS OF ST. ED'S MODEL UN ATTEND FALL CCWA CONFERENCE AT CASE WESTERN St. Ed's Model UN is a unique, interactive experience that encourages students to learn more about the United Nations and international affairs, how to problem-solve to come up with resolutions to world issues, and to achieve global learning by participating in collaborative research, debates and conferences. This week, members of St. Ed's Model UN attended the two-day Cleveland Council on World Affairs
Best of the Week 2019-2020: Holy Cross Values
MARCHING EAGLES EARN SUPERIOR RATING AT STATES, HONORING THE LEGACY OF HOLY CROSS MARCHING BANDS Fr. Basil Moreau, C.S.C., founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, had a mission to always do more in order to completely educate the minds and hearts of students. While he saw the importance of educating the mind through literature, philosophy, science and mathetmatics, he equally saw the importance of developing the heart through music and fine arts. Moreau's Holy Cross scho
Best of the Week 2019-2020: Teaching to the Future
SENIOR EDSMAN TAKES ON LEADERSHIP ROLE FOR FALL CAMVETS MAKE-A-THON Coleman Isner '20 has truly embraced the essence of servant leadership and the pedagogical vision of a St. Ed's education through his work in helping to lead, plan and run the second CAMVETS Make-a-thon hosted at St. Edward High School this weekend. During last spring's make-a-thon, Coleman worked as a student volunteer to program a verbal command tablet for a quadriplegic veteran who lost all control of his
Best of the Week 2019-2020: Excellence in College Prep
STUDENTS REPLICATE PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS TO DETECT MEMORY PATTERNS Psychology students have been spending the last few weeks replicating famous psychological experiments and comparing their data to best understand what affects human memory. After taking the time to research these experiments, students were paired up in small groups and, according to which experiment they were most interested in, tested their participants' subconscious behavior using different methods. O
Best of the Week 2019-2020: Holy Cross Values
SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY REMEMBERS LOVED ONES WITH DIA DE LOS MUERTOS TRADITION Members of the Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica (Spanish Honor Society) celebrated Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a traditional Mexican holiday, by building an altar to honor those from our St. Edward community who have passed away. This two-day holiday (All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day) is believed to reunite the living and the dead. Dia de los Muertos is rooted in a 3,000-year-old Aztec trad
Best of the Week 2019-2020: Teaching to the Future
STUDENTS CONDUCT PODCAST INTERVIEWS TO EXPAND THEIR COMMUNICATION SKILLS To put an innovative twist on learning the principles of interviewing, Ms. Shelby Dennstedt's Public Speaking class has been conducting podcast interviews with members of the St. Ed's faculty and staff. Students, ranging from all four grade levels, were asked to choose a topic at St. Ed's that they found interesting or wanted to learn more about and ask to interview a faculty or staff member knowledgabl
