Academics
SEED, Service & Support
SEED
Social, Emotional, and Ethical Development
Shipley is committed to ensuring that all students develop the skills and ability to make good decisions at every point in their career at Shipley. We offer an integrated and thorough “core values” curriculum devoted to Social, Emotional, and Ethical Development (SEED). The SEED curriculum is under the direction of the office of Student Support, which provides assistance that is individual and developmental and designed to connect health (physical, social, and emotional) with academic skill development. Our SEED curriculum is a critical component of Shipley’s unique approach to educational excellence.
As with other parts of the Shipley curriculum, the SEED curriculum is:
As with other parts of the Shipley curriculum, the SEED curriculum is:
- Integrated PreK through Grade 12 and addresses a wide variety of topics (see below)
- Integrated with other curricular elements (e.g. service learning, advisory program)
- Supported by parent education programming
- Age and developmentally appropriate in instruction/experiences
- Built to spiral and scaffold through the years, repeating and reinforcing key concepts over time
- Built from Shipley's Framework for Flourishing
- Designed to equip students at every age to acquire the knowledge and develop the skills to make good decisions.
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Making Sense of Emotions by Making Music
Dr. Harley Givler asked his third grade students to imagine what a storybook's characters would sound like as a musical composition. The third graders performed the composition for their PreK Book Buddies, sharing lessons in emotions, tolerance, and being an upstander, as well as inspiring a love of music.Read More -
Guiding Students on the Path to Success: Shipley’s Sixth Grade SEED
Helping students identify their strengths and weaknesses is an essential goal for any educator guiding them on the path to success. This is especially important in sixth grade, as students make the transition from elementary to middle school. One cornerstone of the sixth grade SEED curriculum is having students explore their own learning styles and apply this knowledge to forming relationships.Read More -
3-2-1 Care to Share? A Quiet Lesson in Diversity
Middle School is a time of physical and emotional growth and transformation, but the process that each child goes through is uniquely beautiful, messy, and complex. Through conversations in sixth grade SEED, teacher and Middle School counselor Lindsay Fick hopes that her students learn to acknowledge that for themselves and build the skills to accept it when it comes to others—a powerful lesson in viewpoint diversity.Read More -
Q&A with Sharron Russell, Director of Positive Education and Student Support
In 1995, Dr. Sharron Russell was hired to write and teach Shipley’s social-emotional curriculum. Dr. Russell, who holds a certificate and doctoral degree in school psychology from Immaculata University and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, respectively, has been directing student support since 2011 and positive education at Shipley since 2016. She is largely responsible for helping to make Shipley the first-ever positive education school in the country.Read More -
Q&A with Upper School Counselor Kira White
Get to know Shipley's new Upper School counselor, Kira White. A graduate of Swarthmore College and the University of Pennsylvania, Kira says they chose to pursue a career in counseling because, "I wanted to help students figure out some of the other [non-academic] parts of growing up. I think the presence of a supportive school counselor is something that adults either remember from their time in school or wish they had had at that time in life." They appreciate Shipley's focus on the development of students as whole people including emotional well-being and awareness, "skills fundamental to navigating the world." Learn more about Kira in our New Colleague Q&A.Read More -
Shipley Community Shows Compassion in Action
Compassionate participation in the world is a pillar of Shipley's mission and something Shipley strives to instill in every member of the community. Read more about how Shipley's students, families, colleagues, and alumni are living the mission and displaying compassion in action, especially during the global pandemic.Read More -
Psychologist Lea Waters, Ph.D. Visits Shipley to Speak About Strength-Based Parenting
World-renowned psychologist Lea Waters, Ph.D. visited Shipley on Thursday, September 6 to speak to colleagues and families about strength-based parenting.Read More -
Meeting of the Minds: Gender & Sexuality Diversity
It’s an important topic that’s sparked legal battles, political debates, and philosophical divides in communities across the country. Our roundtable explores the role of schools in navigating this complex subject. How are Shipley and other schools responding to the issues surrounding gender identity and sexuality diversity? Shipley’s Head of School and a national expert weigh in.Read More
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The Shipley School is a private, coeducational day school for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students, located in Bryn Mawr, PA. Through our commitment to educational excellence, we develop within each student a love of learning and a desire for compassionate participation in the world.
