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  • Four to Present at National Conference

    Four to Present at National Conference

    Schrader and French, Bernbach and Reese to lead workshops at the 2020 NAIS Annual Conference.

    Four members of Watkinson’s leadership have been selected to lead hour-long workshops at the prestigious independent school conference presented annually by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). Head of School Teri Schrader and Director of Communication Jenni French will lead a workshop on “Beyond Making Money: The Relationship Between School Culture and Revenue”; 9th and 10th Grade Academic Dean and English Department Chair Christina Bernbach and Upper School Head Ryan Reese will lead a workshop on “The Arc of Exhibitions: Seven Years from Skills to Mastery”.

    The 2020 NAIS Annual Conference, for which the theme is “Your School, Your Legacy”, will take place February 26-28 in Philadelphia.

  • Upper School Head Selected by Anti-Defamation League

    Upper School Head Selected by Anti-Defamation League

    Watkinson School is pleased to announce that Upper School Head Ryan Reese was selected by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to be one of nine educators nationally to pilot ADL’s new Civics Education Program. ADL announced that this new program stems from the belief that, “…enabling students to explore their civic engagement and identities through an anti-bias and social justice lens is essential for creating more inclusive and equitable schools, communities and society.”

    Reese attended a two-day professional development training in Chicago on August 12 and 13. Piloting this new curriculum involves teaching, and then providing feedback on,  six lessons that address the core civics themes of Structures of Democracy, Civic Participation, Social Justice and Civil Rights, Power and Privilege, Identity and Membership, and Media and News Literacy.