Recently, Lincoln School Costa Rica held its annual Assembly meeting of the parent community. As a reminder, Lincoln School is a non-profit organization owned and operated by the parent community. By rule, our Board of Directors and senior administration meet annually with the parent community to report on the current state of the school. This... Continue Reading →
Graduation Words 2023
Last week, I again had the honor of being the last to address our Seniors at our annual graduation ceremonies. Technically, my role is to lead the Seniors in our graduate pledge, but I also try to take advantage of the moment to say a few last words to our students before they officially become... Continue Reading →
Yearbook Words 2023
“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” -- Angela Davis The 2022-2023 school year at Lincoln, in many ways, marked our return to pre-pandemic normalcy. Classes were in person full time, after-school programs were fully enrolled and more popular... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Academy
One of the things I’m most excited to be working on this year is the development of the Lincoln School Entrepreneurial Academy. As you may know, we’ve invested a great deal of energy over the past few years in developing a culture of entrepreneurial learning and doing with our students, faculty, and community. We’ve developed... Continue Reading →
Student-Centered Strategies: Summarizing and Note Taking
At Lincoln School, we are committed to the creation of student-centered learning environments that focus not just on rigorous academic concepts and content, but also the development of an academic skillset that will support student learning now and in the future. As a part of our faculty’s work this year to identify and strengthen student-centered... Continue Reading →
Apples and Honey
One of the logistical changes that has taken place at Lincoln School due to the pandemic has been a shift in our instructional hours. At first, when we were 100% virtual and concerned about the effects of increased screen time on our students’ physical and mental health, we reduced our instructional hours. As we came... Continue Reading →
Self-Care and Meditation: A Podcast
What follows is a transcript of the Podcast I recorded last year regarding self-care and meditation. There's never a bad time for self-care so I thought I'd re-post it here as a part of the blog. If you have 20 minutes, please check out the recording. I hope you enjoy it! ----- I want to... Continue Reading →
An Afternoon with Shirley Campbell Barr
A few weeks ago, we hosted Shirley Campbell Barr at Lincoln School Costa Rica. Ms. Campbell Barr is a published poet and social justice advocate from Costa Rica who has used her position to speak out on issues of gender and racial equity across the country and region. As an Afro-Caribbean woman, she is able... Continue Reading →
Student-Centered Strategies: Cooperative Learning
At Lincoln School, we are committed to teaching students the skills they need to both function in, and lead, small groups. We’re doing this both as an “end” and a “means,” meaning we see these skills as an important part of the student-centered learning and teaching process AND as essential to their ability to succeed... Continue Reading →
College and Career Readiness
New for the 2022-2023 school year, every tenth-grade student at Lincoln School now takes a Career and College Readiness course that is co-taught by members of our high school administrative team. This course covers multiple topics aimed at preparing our students for their future, including their final two years at Lincoln School. It’s an important... Continue Reading →
Garrenteed Learning 