CCBE
Annual Report 2020-2021
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The Crescent Centre for Boys’ Education
Discovering How Boys Learn Best
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RESEARCH REPORTS The Crescent Centre for Boys’ Education
Discovering How Boys Learn Best
CHARACTER Crescent School participated in the University Health Network initiative, Give a Shift, supporting hospital workers and their efforts throughout the pandemic. The CCBE viewed this as an opportunity to capture this experience from the boy. Student reflections from their Give a Shift experience were recorded, and this summary shares insights from the boys. Crescent School pledged to raise $5000; we did that and more! We raised $8,330.00 over one weekend. This was truly a moment to celebrate the Boys of Promise.
WELLBEING Optimizing Recess to Promote Student Wellbeing Caitlin Tino Caitlin Tino embarked on an action research project throughout the winter term based on her intuition that recess had the potential to be used in a more intentional way for the boys to recharge and build a greater sense of wellbeing. The results of the research can be found here
Grade 5 Impact of Technology on Social-Emotional Wellbeing Gord Wotherspoon As we continued to build our student research culture with peer schools Christopher’s School in Virginia, Scots College in Sydney and Fairfield Country Day School in Connecticut, our Grade 5 students embarked on a study to determine the impact of technology on boys’ social-emotional wellbeing and friendships. The group of schools, collaborating during a series of Zoom calls, created a standard questionnaire. Data was collected and analyzed by each school, and the results were shared amongst the four. The interest in finding commonalities was prevalent. The study affirmed that technology has benefits for creating connections, but there is still an overwhelming preference for in-person contact with friends. The results of the research can be found here 4
