Students
Our students come from all over the Washington, D.C. region. They are bright, creative, inquisitive learners that function best in an open, warm atmosphere with a hands-on learning approach. They graduate and move on to some of the greatest colleges and universities in the country.
Class of 2009
Class of 2007
Class of 2008
“I’ve graduated from college now, and I feel like I was really well prepared. My relationships with my teachers at HGS made it easy for me to talk to my professors, and I found that I was more motivated to learn for the sake of learning than many of my college classmates.”
Emily Thomas, HGS ’06, Guilford College '10
The Howard Gardner School | 4913 Franconia Road, Alexandria, VA 22310 | 703.822.9300
contact Katherine Keith, Head of School, at: katherine@thehowardgardnerschool.org
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Give Us the Time We Need
The most important thing the teacher should know about students is whether they learn fast or slow and whether they have to look at the material or they have more of an auditory learning style. Sometimes it's better to read the information out to the students than just to give them a sheet and say, "Read this over a couple times and then answer the questions." Jeremiah Long, class of '11
Make Sure We Understand
My 6th and 8th grade math teacher taught from a textbook; she'd expect us to read over the chapter, and instead of explaining how to do this math problem she'd just write it up on the board and then have us do practice questions. I always felt like an idiot because it just didn't click without explaining it in several different mediums. So I always got in trouble in that class because I'd get distracted and doodle on my paper. I felt that I would have done better if she had asked, "Well, Molly, you don't seem to be understanding what's going on. What can I do to help you?" Molly Adler, class of '11
Don't Bore Us
A teacher should get to know what students like so they can put it into the lesson and make it more interesting and not have kids dozing off during the day. You don't want to go in a boring class [just after] you've gotten up early and you just want to go to sleep. At least it'll keep it interesting, and you'll be learning and having fun at the same time. Wayne Lewis, class of '14
Educational Leadership, ASCD Magazine
Staff at the magazine recently interviewed HGS students to ask them, "What should teachers know about students to help them learn?" Here are some of the students' comments.
Class of 2010
hands on learning through environmental science and the arts
The Howard Gardner School
Serving grades 6-12
Class of 2011
