What does one say after a week like this one? Instead of reflecting on the past academic quarter or looking ahead to the next one, like so many others in Boulder, I found myself reflecting on life, community, and connectedness. As a non-profit leader in our community, I have been...
As I write this post, TGS students have begun their Spring Break, and the faculty aren’t far behind, with only grade reports and other administrative odds and ends to complete. We are all ready for a well-deserved rest. Which has me thinking about fatigue. COVID has prompted a lot of...
Happy Birthday, Albert Einstein! Would you like some pi? How fitting that the creator of the Theory of Relativity would be born on what we’ve dubbed as Pi Day (3/14). As you more than likely know, pi (π) is the result of dividing of a circle’s circumference by its diameter,...
“Being anti-racist or attempting to be an anti-racist school community is on the shoulders of everyone.” –Ralinda Watts (National Association of Independent Schools, 2021) DEI…starting from neurodiversity We have a lot of neurodiversity at Temple Grandin School. Our students understand what it’s like to feel different, and even excluded –...
Last week, we published a blog post regarding Student Rights. During Black History Month, we join with others across the USA who are grappling with what it means to be a free and diverse nation. At TGS, we find ourselves focusing on equity and inclusion in education. Educational equity...
Written by Jennifer Wilger, TGS Co-Founder and Executive Director Each week in our school newsletter, Word of the Week shares food for thought from the Temple Grandin School team. This week’s word reflects on the rights of students, and how those rights are honored at TGS. As we prepare to...
Today Punxsatawney Phil woke up, crawled out of his snug home, and saw his shadow. Six more weeks of winter. This small-town tradition has become famous, and was the inspiration for the classic 1993 movie, Groundhog Day. In the movie, Bill Murray plays Phil Connors, a self-centered meterologist who...
This week is National School Choice week! As a proud independent, not-for-profit school, we believe that there is a school for every student. Even as we value our own unique approach to serving neurodiverse students, we celebrate the diversity of educational options in our community, and congratulate our colleagues for...
This week we in the United States celebrated the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King stands out in our history as a man who made a tremendous impact on our culture through his nonviolent means of campaigning for civil rights. We also witnessed the inauguration of the...
Welcome to 2021! Perhaps this new year, more than any other most of us have experienced, we hope the next 12 months will treat us better than the last 12 have. The year 2020 will go down in history as one of the most memorable, with COVID, racial unrest, nation-wide...