Cally Vevers Receives NBOA Professional Achievement Award
The award honors business and operations staff at independent schools who have made significant and lasting contributions to their school’s operations or financial health.
Bennett Day School Named a Recipient of the Jeffrey Shields Award for Innovation Excellence in School Business Operations
Independent PreK-12 School in Chicago’s West Town Neighborhood Recognized for Learning Innovation and Development Lab.
Bennett Day Fun Festival: A Musical Project-Based Learning Journey in 1st Grade
“In the end, designing Bennett Day Fun Festival wasn’t really about learning how to run a music festival. It was about working together to achieve developmental milestones in a meaningful and authentic fashion, and, of course, making a little music along the way.” Posted: September 24, 2020Written by: Ms. Camacho and Ms. Washington
Failing Grades: How to Motivate Students to Learn Without Keeping Score
Students need to learn by doing — through problem-solving, project-based learning and being creative. Parents, myself included, need to let go of a system we grew up with and recognize how we experienced school will not prepare students for now, or much less 2040, when two thirds of the jobs that will exist then do…
Moments of Educator Joy at Bennett Day School
“I loved the amount of freedom the students have to create their projects”, “I loved how natural everything feels” and there are “… so many opportunities for open play and authentic learning.” These were just some of the moments of joy shared by educators, innovators, and school leaders who visited Bennett Day School last week….
Cameron Smith Discusses Entrepreneurship with Bootstrapping in America
Cameron Smith, Co-Founder and CEO of Bennett Day School, sat down with the hosts of Bootstrapping in America to discuss his background and the journey to founding Bennett Day School. Click here to watch the full interview.
A Busy Autumn Season at Bennett Day School!
Join us for a myriad of events this Fall at Bennett Day School!
Bennett Day Nominated for Chicago Innovation Awards 2016
Established in 2002, the Chicago Innovation Awards shine a bright light on the creative spirit of Chicago by focusing attention on the most significant new products and services introduced in the region.
How our students helped to develop a coding tool used in 15k schools
As many of our Bennett families already know, we have a wonderful relationship with Northwestern’s Tangible Interaction Design and Learning Laboratory. Our students, with the help of JK Teacher and Special Projects Leader, Frances Judd, were thrilled to be able to assist these three young innovators featured in last month’s Red Eye article.
