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For the Policy Course, GCE Juniors investigated the following guiding question: How do we contextualize the need for a policy? Here’s the scenario students were challenged with: The city’s aldermen…
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For the Drama Course, GCE Sophomores investigated the following guiding question: How would you give advice as a sonnet? Here’s the scenario students were challenged with: Chicago Shakespeare Theater started…
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For the Urban Planning Course, GCE Juniors investigated the following guiding question: How do we build a bridge with minimum resources to support maximum load? Here’s the scenario students were…
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For the Food For Thought Course, GCE Freshmen investigated the following guiding question: What is the history of food, from center of origin to your table? Here’s the scenario students…
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Dear GCE Friends & Families: GCE Lab School students will present project based learning ideas at the May 19 #TutorMentor Conference in Chicago. See http://www.tutormentorconference.org. This conference is intended to connect leaders and…
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Spring… finally! We can only express our post-winter feelings by quoting Pablo Neruda: Nada puede contener todo el sol en las banderas de la primavera invencible” (“Nothing can contain the…
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RSVP: Kim Campos by email, [email protected] Visit Online: http://www.midwestbuddhisttemple.org/
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For the Experiential Term, GCE Students investigated the following guiding question: How may we live “another person’s” life and “step into their shoes”? Students were asked this guiding question and…
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GCEVoices Blog Recently, GCE was visited by a group of foreign delegates and one of the women asked me how we are different? Her challenge provoked a different response than…
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Dear Families: Welcome to 2014 Spring Term, the final phase of this school-year (holy cow!). Students, we’ll see you at 8:45 on Tuesday morning, April 8. In this news-blast you’ll…
Read MoreDear GCE Students: Thank you for your enthusiasm and dedication during Experiential Term. Please complete each of the following surveys so that we may improve services for all student programs…
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Dear GCE Friends & Families:Lots of information in this news blast. Featured stories include: Save the Dates!!! 2014-15 Enrollment. Paperwork & Tuition Schedule. Civic Immersion — ASL, DHH, & GCE!!!…
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Dear Families, Please review this post to learn about Experiential Term and the latest student Online Installations. Thank you. Dear Students: You are about to immerse yourselves in a month-long…
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For the second Disease Action Project, GCE Sophomores investigated the following guiding question: How does someone with a mental disorder feel? Here’s the scenario students were challenged with: The World…
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For the first Who Am I? Action Project, GCE Freshman investigated the following guiding question: What is my truth? What do I believe? Here’s the scenario students were challenged with:…
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Please take the time to fill in the winter-term survey, because your voice matters. We take feedback seriously, since our courses keep improving because of feedback from students & teachers.…
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Dear Friends: Two exciting events to schedule on your calendars! Final Presentations 2.27.14 @ 10:30am. FEBRUARY 27, 10:30-noon. RSVP to Kim Campos please or by phone: 312.643.0991.Watch the video from spring 2012…
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Dear GCE family & friends: One simple and surprising way to warm up from this frigid cold is to learn about GCE by visiting GCE Voices, our Online Installations (OnIn) of…
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For the first Light & Sound Action Project, GCE Juniors investigated the following guiding question: Who says you need to buy a camera? Here’s the scenario students were challenged with:…
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For the first Forbidden Books Project, GCE Sophomores investigated the following guiding question: How can I become a gadfly? Here’s the scenario students were challenged with: Socrates believed that the…
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