Finding Inspiration in
Collaboration
PAGE 3 - 5
A Green Space of Their Own
PAGES 6 - 8
Looking for New STEM
Resources? This Library
Lends a Hand
PAGES 9
Learn New Ways to
Grow Your School
PAGES 10 - 13
Doubling Down on the Arts…
for 25 Years
PAGES 14 - 15
For Their Victory Lap, These
Schools Joined Forces to
Give Back
PAGES 16 - 18
Pennsylvania’s First Catholic
Unified Bocce Ball Team
PAGES 19
Submit Your Story
PAGES 20 - 21
Shaping Good Samaritans
with STEM
PAGES 22 - 23
The Need to Lead
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As educators, it’s easy to fall into predictable patterns: Build the
curriculum. Meet with parents and students. Close out the semester.
Then repeat. But when this rhythm becomes too familiar, it can
become limiting.
That’s why this issue of Ignite features AOPS educators expanding
their routines with new partnerships and perspectives. By
collaborating with community leaders, local alumni, and even fellow
schools, they’re opening the door for students to see and serve the
world in new ways.
For example, Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast High
School is teaming up with local agriculture experts to create a
community garden — fusing science, service, and practical skills.
Students from Archbishop John Carroll High School and St. Katherine
School are joining forces to form the state’s first Catholic Unified
Bocce Ball team — drawing surprising support.
And the four 2018 National Blue Ribbon Schools Award winners of
Bucks County recently came together for a special kind of celebration
— using their spotlight to give back to the community.
It’s true that today’s technology makes it easier than ever for
educators to be self-dependent, plucking ideas and inspiration from
the farthest reaches of the world. But as these stories show, the most
eye-opening experiences often begin with teamwork — bringing
together our very own schools and communities.