Shared by Jason Kreutner, founder & Head of School: Today is Veterans Day. Throughout each school year, University School honors the sacrifices of American service members. Young people learn best by seeing and doing, and developing experienced, empathetic, and active citizens and leaders means that … Read more
Ben Flessas shadowed Jen Gibson during the 2018 election season, when she was a candidate for State House Seat 99. Below he shares about his experience. My Job Shadow with Jen Gibson was very fun. I learned many things like the main problems politicians face, … Read more
“Democracy needs people to be in the habit of thinking about the merits of the other view, and it’s truly a habit. It’s a way of behaving. It’s not the kind of thing that you can just never do and then suddenly do with ease. … Read more
The Naturalization Ceremony at the Charles Pinckney National Historic Site was very interesting. It was so cool to hear all the different countries the applicants were from. I heard: Romania, Colombia, Russia, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, and Germany, to name a few. There was somewhat … Read more
Jason Kreutner, founder and Head of School, shared these insights with the USL community via email on October 7, 2018: In order to prepare to be better informed citizens of the community and the world, University School students annually conduct Election Day exit polls across … Read more