Who Thrives at The College School
TCS is especially powerful for curious, capable children who thrive when learning is active, meaningful and connected to the real world—and for families who want school to develop not only what their child knows, but who they are becoming.
We give children safe opportunities to take risks, make mistakes, and discover what they’re capable of.
“TCS has far exceeded my expectations in providing an education for my children. While there are more hands-on, experiential learning opportunities, it’s the way my children are taught to view the world that leaves the deepest impression. My children have learned more than just academics. They’ve learned life skills that they’ll carry with them well into adulthood.”
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Save the date for Beach Day at LaBarque! ☀️💦
Join us on Saturday, October 3, at 2:00 PM for an afternoon of outdoor fun, featuring a 100-foot slip and slide! Bring your swimsuit and get ready to make a splash with the TCS community.
We hope to see you there!
What does close reading look like? Sometimes, it looks like a book overflowing with post-it notes!
As our Eighth Graders read The Book Thief, they’re learning to slow down and pay attention: annotating important passages, tracking themes and characters, asking questions, noticing patterns, and gathering evidence they can return to later.
It’s a practice that strengthens more than reading comprehension. Students are learning how to organize their thinking, support their ideas, and dig beneath the surface of a complex text.
Tell us what you are currently reading in the comments below!
Learning to paddle a canoe. Finding your way with a map and compass. Tackling a challenge when no one person has the answer.
Our Sixth Grade Wilderness Experience theme includes plenty of outdoor adventure, but we’re not necessarily trying to create expert paddlers or master outdoorspeople.
It goes deeper than that.
Paddling, orienteering, and team challenges ask students to navigate uncertainty, solve problems, communicate, take appropriate risks, and rely on one another.
The wilderness gives our students something increasingly valuable: real challenges with real outcomes. Along the way, they build confidence, independence, resilience, and trust in themselves and each other.
The outdoor skills matter. But who students become while learning them matters even more.
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