At some point, your kids will complain about school. How do you know if it’s a normal part of adolescence or something more serious? Willow educators weigh in on five signs that indicate it may be time for a change: SIGN 1: Your child consistently refuses or tries to...
social-emotional learning
How to Use Systems Thinking to Help Kids Solve Conflicts
Systems thinking is one of the most effective tools a teacher can use to address conflicts between students in the classroom. That’s because systems thinking helps us see the larger patterns of our behaviors and use that knowledge to solve problems. Instead of...
Making Caring Common at The Willow School
We are excited to announce that Willow has joined Making Caring Common’s Caring Schools Network, a growing group of schools committed to ethical development. Making Caring Common is an initiative developed by the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Harvard's team of...
How to Teach Empathy to Your Middle Schooler
Middle school. It can feel like a place completely lacking in empathy. In these sometimes awkward years, your child is yearning for connection but still figuring out how to best express himself and relate to his peers. This social trial-and-error can easily lead to...
Willow Middle Schoolers Participate in First Ethics Bowl
Congratulations to Willow's Ethics Bowl Team! Last week, our team competed alongside seven other local schools in the first-ever New Jersey Middle School Ethics Bowl, modeled after the National High School Ethics Bowl. What is an Ethics Bowl? The goal of the NJ Middle...