Several years ago, Burgundy began framing its curriculum around the concepts of essential questions and enduring understandings. Essential questions, used by effective teachers for years and popularized in a program called Understanding by Design, simply stated, are part of a backwards-planning approach.
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Burgundy Celebrates Pride!
Thank you so much to everyone who volunteered at the Burgundy table at Sunday’s DC Pride Festival! It was such a fun and inspiring event, and we were excited to support it!
A Week of Celebrations!
The last week or so of the school year felt especially festive. Here are a few photo highlights from the events that happened on campus!
Multi-Age Classrooms: Frequently Asked Questions
What are multi-age classrooms? Multi-age classrooms, also referred to as mixed age or mixed grade classrooms, are classrooms where students work and learn together across more than one grade level. In Burgundy’s 4th – 5th grade classes, students work and learn together across two grade levels: Each 4th and 5th grade class is roughly half 4th graders half 5th graders and is taught by two co-teachers.
Spring Sports Success at Burgundy!
The Blazers sprung into action with three solid sports programs; a girls lacrosse team making HERstory, stellar stick skills by our boys team and tennis rallies galore!
Noah P. Is Head for a Day
This past Wednesday, our friend Noah was “Head for a Day.” He visited her staff, took a ride with Jerry across campus, had a meeting with his mom (the President of the Board), and greeted students at carpool!
The Curious Cove Condition
If you were asked to give two words that best describe the Burgundy Center for Wildlife Studies, I wonder what they might be. In fact, go ahead. Take a moment to come up with your two words.
{Video}: Cultivating Lifelong Learners by Investing in Burgundy’s Teachers
Angela and Kimberly who are 4/5 teachers and Assistant Head of School Elizabeth attended a workshop on “Slow Looking” this past summer as part of the Washington International School’s Summer Institute for Teachers.
{Video}: Prince and Bethany Discuss their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training
In this video, you’ll meet Prince and Bethany, two of our sports program instructors. Prince attended the NAIS People of Color Conference in the fall, and Bethany attended the Severn School Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
{Video}: Matt, Barbie, Kate & Elizabeth Discuss their Responsive Classroom Training
Matt, Barbie, Kate and Elizabeth chat about the professional development workshop they attended this past summer, what they learned, and what these types of opportunities mean to them.