[Webinar] Beyond the Classroom: Why Extracurricular Activities Matter
Extracurricular activities are an important component of the college admissions process, and now more than ever admissions officers are looking at applicants’ interests as part of the holistic review process.
What is Growth Mindset?
Research shows that our ability to achieve our goals has much more to do with the mindset with which we approach them than the actual goals themselves. That’s why students and faculty at Bennett Day School subscribe to the “growth mindset,” which eschews “all or nothing”/”I succeeded/I failed” modes of thinking in favor of growth (however incremental) and resiliency. What is a growth mindset? Stanford…
Mentors Make All the Difference: A Reflection on Student-Teacher Relationships at High Tech High & Bennett Day Upper School
Bennett Day School is the only school in Illinois to receive the New School Creation Fellowship from High Tech High, the progressive, project-based school featured in the documentary “Most Likely to Succeed.” Representatives from Bennett Day Upper School spent a week at High Tech High in San Diego for the second phase of the fellowship….
For Students Highly-Committed to Extracurriculars, Bennett Day Upper School Provides an Ideal Experience
Most high schools expect their students to sit through regimented class periods beginning strictly at 8am (or even earlier), participate in their after-school activities that can sometimes go well into the late evening hours, and then somehow manage to thoughtfully complete hours of homework and get a good night’s rest—all to do it again the…
