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• 90 years child-centered learning

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 16, 2012

  

  To keep the Antioch School, one of America’s oldest independent schools alive, its board and development committee will put on an anniversary auction gala next month commemorating the Antioch School’s 90th school year to raise $25,000 for tuition scholarships and operating expenses.

• With chess, thinking and fun unite

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 2, 2012

  

  Older Group boys at the Antioch School began lobbying about a year ago to make chess the focus of the school’s annual artist-in-residency for the annual Emily Bailey arts residency.

• The Antioch School— A grand experiment going strong

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 15, 2011

  

  In its 90th year, the Antioch School — one of the nation’s oldest — will once again craft lessons around the passions of its students, all the while continuing its longstanding traditions and tested instruction methods, teachers said last week.

• A magical ‘Aladdin’ at the Antioch School

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 18, 2011

  

  At the Antioch School, things get done a bit differently, and that includes the school musical. As befits a school that advocates a holistic approach to learning, the children are involved in all phases of the production, from choosing the play to picking their character, from designing their costume to decorating the set.

• Antioch School kids feel the beat

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 30, 2010

  Kids love drums. Performer and educator Eric “The Fish” Paton thinks he knows why. “There’s this sense of personal expression that’s possible,” Paton said in a recent interview, comparing introducing drums to a group of children with introducing oboes, a process that would take considerably longer. “Everyone can find their voice quickly.”

• Everything on wheels

  By Aaron ZaremskySeptember 28, 2010

  

  The Antioch School organized a bike riding event to raise money for its scholarship fund last Sunday.

• Antioch School enlivens a classic

  By Lauren HeatonApril 29, 2010

  

  Anyone who has been alive for longer than five years has likely seen the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. But far fewer have read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the novel published by Frank Baum in 1900, which the Antioch School students say is more complicated and slightly more vicious.

• Plucky harpists learn some string theory at Antioch School

  By Susan GartnerJanuary 15, 2009

  

  The children sat on a rug in a semicircle around the visiting harpist in the art/science room at The Antioch School, each hugging her or his own child-sized harp, their faces pressed close to the strings.