The following was written with Diego Lopez (Head of College Counseling) for the Lincoln School Costa Rica 2024 Annual Report... Lincoln School’s College Counseling Department Lincoln School offers students and families access to the largest, most knowledgeable and skilled team of college counselors in the country. Through our program, they receive accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive … Continue reading Annual Report: College and Career Counseling at Lincoln School
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Annual Report: Unlocking Opportunities
The following was originally written for inclusion in the Lincoln School Costa Rica 2024 Annual Report... Unlocking Opportunities: The Benefits of Our School’s Inclusive Matriculation Pathways At Lincoln School, we are guided by our vision of achieving excellence through innovation, integrity, and leadership. Our commitment to this vision has led us to the development of … Continue reading Annual Report: Unlocking Opportunities
AMISA EdCon 2024
On March 20, 21, and 22 I had the great pleasure to attend and present at the American International Schools in the Americas (AMISA) EdCon, an educators’ conference that brought together teachers, administrators, school staff, and consultants from around Latin America and beyond. The 2024 version was held at the American School of Asunción in … Continue reading AMISA EdCon 2024
Matriculation Pathways at Lincoln School
Recently, we held a town hall for our 9th and 10th grade parents to talk about our high school programs and the various matriculation pathways available to our students. It's actually a complicated conversation here at Lincoln School because we are accredited by three different organizations and we offer students the opportunity to earn up … Continue reading Matriculation Pathways at Lincoln School
Lincoln School High School Programs
Recently, we’ve been working to help our community, both current and future, to better understand our academic offerings in the High School at Lincoln School Costa Rica. This might seem a simple thing to do, but the truth is our programs are quite complicated. This is because we offer three separate diplomas (accredited by three … Continue reading Lincoln School High School Programs
Where We Are…Where We’re Going
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 Where We Are…Where We’re Going
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 Graduation Words 2023
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 Yearbook Words 2023
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 The Entrepreneurial Academy
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 Student-Centered Strategies: Summarizing and Note Taking
Garrenteed Learning 