St. Luke's participates in Harvard's Caring Schools Campaign. The team at Making Caring Common wanted to learn more about St. Luke's "Curious Conversations.*" Below is our interview featured on their blog.
*Frequently referred to internally as Community Goals for Learning (CGL) discussions.
Excerpted from the Harvard Graduate School of Education — Making Caring Common Blog:
Talking Across the Aisle at St. Luke's School
Building on their commitment to engage students in activities that enable them to "talk across the aisle" as part of the Caring Schools #CommonGood campaign, St. Luke’s School has launched the “Curious Conversations” series. We connected with Elizabeth Perry, Head of the Upper School, to learn more about their program and her advice for other schools.
Read the full interview with Liz Perry on Harvard's Making Caring Common Blog

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