The Howard Gardner School
The Howard Gardner School is a small, independent, educationally-progressive school serving grades 6-12. At HGS, we strive to approach learning from all angles.
This means integrating academic subjects, life experiences, and community participation. This approach allows each student to find their strengths and claim ownership over their education. Whether a student is looking for an alternative high school or middle school, an educational environment where their non-traditional learning style will be understood and appreciated, or a safe place with a nurturing and caring community, we can and will work with each student as the individual that they are.
05/28/2020
Congratulations, seniors! Your teachers had a lot of fun surprising you with yard signs and can't wait to celebrate with you in person. Congrats! You did it!!
For those of you interested in joining the HGS community for the 2020-2021 school year, we are still available to answer any questions you have. Feel free to call, email or leave us a message. You can also see more of what we do at HGS by following our Instagram !
05/14/2020
Are you missing HGS? Do you want to "rep"?
Go ahead and order this year's Middle School, or High School shirt. Grab a new pair of sweats! OR get a first time offering of an HGS water bottle!
All orders must be in by May 22, 2020
Standard HGS hoodie, long-sleeve, short-sleeve:
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High School t-shirt design done by Aidan McCoy class of 2021 (shades of green might be slightly different):
https://www.customink.com/g/gsj0-00c7-3a7j
Middle School t-shirt design done by Evelyn Babcock class of 2024:
https://www.customink.com/g/gsj0-00c6-gtzw
HGS water bottle:
https://www.customink.com/g/gsj0-00c7-2adn
HGS sweatpants (black):
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The Howard Gardner School Group Order Form - Sign Up Today! I'm organizing our Custom Ink order. You can pay me online. Thanks!
This year's senior projects are well under way (via Discord)! We're so proud of the Class of 2020 and would like to congratulate them on jobs very well done.They created bee and butterfly gardens, perfected culinary delights, streamed games and created podcasts, designed fitness blogs and nature guides, translated Amharic poetry, created animations from scratch and came up with brilliant digital designs. Bravo!👏
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04/23/2020
Last year, six of our seniors embarked on an oral history project with local Vietnam Veterans as part of their "America in the 1960's" history class. They researched the war, came up with questions, interviewed the veterans (and recorded/edited the videos!), transcribed their experiences, and made a website from scratch. It launched at last year's Arts & Sciences Festival, but we're sharing it now (in the spirit of our upcoming Virtual Arts & Sciences Festival). A job very well done. Enjoy!
https://www.hgsveteranproject.org/
04/23/2020
Keep your eyes open for our annual Arts & Sciences festival! This year it will be virtual, but we’re excited to share the unique and creative stuff our students and faculty have been working on all year. Stay tuned! Until then, here’s a sneak peek.
04/17/2020
Keeping the spirit of HGS alive with our Community Content! Each week, we’re offering a variety of unique virtual classes for our students. Featured here: mask sewing and arcade building with Wendy, origami with Kim, carburetors with Alex, and improv and documentary discussions with Kayla. 📽📚✂️🎨 @ The Howard Gardner School
04/17/2020
The results of today's virtual art lesson from the infamous . Paintings by Grace, Naomi, Kim, and the original for reference.
04/07/2020
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03/27/2020
Scenes from the middle school! @ The Howard Gardner School
03/25/2020
Throwback to Shark Week! Making homemade cookies, Play Doh and bread during “Cooking up Chemistry”. We may be temporarily benched, but we’ll never be out of the game.
03/12/2020
Visiting the Cold War Museum in Warrenton, VA @ The Cold War Museum
03/11/2020
Ancient Civ world map! Swipe to see the process. ➡️ @ The Howard Gardner School
03/10/2020
It’s Shark Week! We’re water quality testing at Heritage Island. @ Kingman Island
03/05/2020
The Class of 2020’s Legacy Project, which is a culminating group project for Senior Environmental Science. Aiming to create environmental lasting change for a community, they will build an outdoor classroom with a wood floor. They are getting the holes ready to have the posts cemented in. @ The Howard Gardner School
03/04/2020
Enjoying the sunshine, learning about the Mali Empire and making traditional bogolanfini (mud cloth)! 🇲🇱 ☀️ @ The Howard Gardner School
03/03/2020
The 2nd Annual HGS Mock Vietnam Draft Lottery! The results were met with confusion, dismay, and happiness among those who didn’t get drafted. @ The Howard Gardner School
02/26/2020
Exploring the wetlands of HGS for Ecology class. We’re fortunate to have a campus that includes a certified wildlife habitat and two bio-retention ponds! 🌿🦋🐛🐌🌱 @ The Howard Gardner School
02/25/2020
Found some massive mushrooms on our field studies hike! 🍄
02/04/2020
Sketching with pastels at The Botanic Garden 🙏🏻🌿🌺 @ U.S. Botanic Garden
02/04/2020
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