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Department chair and history teacher Lisa-Brit Wahlberg received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in Teaching to Norway for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Congratulations to the 2023 Spring Awards Recipients
Chief Academic Officer Tim Quinn, Porter’s Center for Global Leadership Director Sophie
Teaching an interdisciplinary curriculum means we educators need to think of ourselves differently, as well. Our role changes from one of an expert who pours knowledge into the students to that of a co-learner, curator, and guide — someone who helps them on their journey to understand the complexity of the world and become a lifelong learner.
Congratulations to Miss Porter’s Connecticut Scholastic Writing Award winner: Kinley Simmons |
Article after article documents the ways adolescents are struggling with mental health. Schools are responding, and those that can — like Miss Porter’s — are adding mental health services and working to integrate social-emotional learning into the curriculum.
Spend the day at Miss Porter’s with fellow educators interested in Competency-based Mastery Learning. Learn about how Miss Porter’s School is approaching this transition and share ideas with like-minded colleagues.
Two questions guide my thinking as I lead the academic program at Miss Porter’s School. I believe all well-resourced private schools must find ways to answer them with a “yes” if they truly wish to justify their existence and the privilege that they bestow upon students.
We are about to conclude a very successful fall trimester, and that
Porter’s continues to be an innovator in girls’ education! From mastery education to problem-based curriculum to Advanced Interdisciplinary Seminars, we are #LeadersLeadingLeaders in the academic space.
60 Main Street
Farmington, CT 06032
860-409-3500
admission@missporters.org
Miss Porter’s School admits qualified students, who identify as girls, of any race, color, religious affiliation, national and ethnic origin, ancestry, mental or physical disability, or sexual orientation to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the School. The School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious affiliation, national and ethnic origin, ancestry, mental or physical disability, or sexual orientation or any other status protected by applicable law in the administration of its educational policies, admissions and financial aid policies, and athletic or other school administered programs.
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