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Archives for September, 2010

Getting to Know Inly

We were delighted to welcome 38 admissions representatives from independent high schools across New England to our campus yesterday for a “getting to know Inly” event. After breakfast, there was a welcome from Inly’s head of school, Donna Milani Luther, and a brief presentation by Julie Kelly-Detwiler, director of the middle school program. Several 8th [...]

Donna Milani Luther on Building Respect in Schools

In this installment of the Head’s Podcast Series of 2010–2011, Donna discusses how Inly School creates a community of respect within the student body.
She talks about way faculty, and Inly as a whole, teach respect from the moment students step foot through the doors. Bullying has been a hot-button issue that has scoured newspaper headlines [...]

2010 Student Leadership Summit

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Roughly 50 students decided to forego their last day of summer vacation to attend Inly School’s 2010 Student Leadership Summit on September 7.
Students from kindergarten, third, sixth, and eighth grade came to learn what it means to be a good leader — both in and out of the classroom.
“Many of you have been in classrooms [...]

Donna Milani Luther on Creativity in Schools

In Donna Milani Luther’s first installment of the Head’s Podcast Series of 2010–2011, she discusses the issue of declining creativity in schools. As part of her Back-to-School Night remarks, she discussed a Newsweek article that talks about how schools are failing to come up with creative ways to reach students.
Donna believes that Inly won’t have [...]

All-School Family Gathering: Sunday, September 12 @ 3:00 pm

gather \’ga-ther\   transitive verb
1 : to bring together : collect <to gather a crowd>
Every September, the Inly Parents Group sponsors an all-school gathering of some kind to celebrate being back together for a new school year. Back in the day, it was an international potluck in the old gym (which is now [...]