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As part of the Futures discussion that I have referred to in recent blog entries, the transition to more personalized education poses the question,...

No need to panic; this blog entry is genuinely about personalization and not fines we're handing out. My title refers to this article: “Should parents...

At SMUS we talk about personalization and experiential education as two distinct themes that will shape education in the next decade or more. While...

The path to personalization is simple in theory. It begins by recognizing several ideas: that all students have excellence inside them to discover and...

Most parents and alumni who read School material, and this blog, will know that the theme of personalization has been a steady, increasingly visible...

Oaks grow slowly, weeds grow fast. Inevitably, many who are so inclined will choose to be the dandelions of personalization, bright and enthusiastic until...

In one of the first concerts I attended as Head of SMUS, our accomplished orchestra performed a challenging piece – and one of my...

For the past few weeks I have mused on the theme of personalization, wandering off on a number of tangents. Fortunately, for us at...

Personalization and the excellent teacher student It’s important to put the emphasis where it belongs. More than a little harm has been done by the...

One of the fears of the personalization trend in education is that in the personalized school, with students following their own individual paths, they...

In last week’s blog entry I ruminated on the theme of personalization in education and in our School. I have used the word “garden”...

My colleagues at SMUS had been using the word “personalization” for a couple of years when it also appeared in the new BC Education...

Visual Arts at the Middle School gets a creative redesign to allow for personalized learning for each artist

Middle School students learn the importance of finding balance in their lives to help set them up for academic success

Mr. Paul Leslie, Director of Admissions, writes about the role SMUS plays in transforming students

For one day, May 10, the schedule was wiped clean and students had a modified schedule that allowed for longer, more personalized learning opportunities

Ms. Susan Vachon talks about how SMUS's annual Dream Big fund has a direct impact on the education students receive – in this case Learning Resources

My industrious and dedicated assistant, Jennifer White, was musing on my schedule at this special time of the year. Bemused, she repeats to me...

This year at Alumni receptions I have introduced a new element in the message from the School: in addition to news about favourite teachers...

Our Vancouver Alumni event last week was a great example of what engagement means at our school – so those of you who were...

by Ms. Tanya Lee, Middle School personalization leader In a recent Communication Skills class, I posed the provocative statement: The Internet has done more harm...

I read a quote the other day that read: “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” I believe the same is true...

If creativity is a new generation skill, how can we teach it? Quite simply, I don’t think we can. I do believe, however, it...

As I scrolled through my Twitter feed a couple of weeks ago, I was horrified to read about the events of the day before....

Does workspace impact creativity, innovation and productivity? Google, Facebook, Samsung and a number of other major companies believe so. In fact, the Harvard Business Review...

Imagine being good at everything you ever tried. You enter a basketball court, pick up a ball, take a shot and “swoosh” the ball...

The year is 1986. I take my seat in my Grade 6 class and wait patiently. My teacher rises from his desk and begins to tell us...

Personalized education is not a flavour of the month, we have observed at SMUS. Rather it is the next step in an evolution that...

A few days ago, one of my colleagues recalled the occasion, over a decade ago, when she first heard our Grade Five string orchestra...

This question has spawned many answers, not always good ones. Two weeks ago I wrote about the experience I and Nancy Richards, our Director...

Professional development and personal development are usually one and the same. This morning I was speaking at length with one of our Senior English teachers,...