Mouths of Babes If two plus three is always going to be five, why do they keep teaching it to us? - First grader

CALENDAR OF EVENTS * Represent non-AISNE events. View Past Events Sunday, July 27, 2008 to Monday, July 28, 2008 * The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education Monday, July 28, 2008 to Friday, August 01, 2008 *Building Computational Fluency, K-5, offered by TERC Brookwood School, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA Monday, August 11, 2008 to Friday, August 15, 2008 17th Annual New England New Teacher Seminar, sponsored by AISNE and CAIS Pomfret School, Pomfret, CT Tuesday, August 19, 2008 to Wednesday, August 20, 2008 *CAIS Summer Institute: The Brain, Learning, and Applications Avon Old Farms School, Avon, CT Thursday, September 18, 2008 AISNE Market Research: Reviewing the Data; Exploring Implications; and Marketing the Individual School Site: TBA Tuesday, September 23, 2008 AISNE Membership Committee, 9:30 A.M. - Noon AISNE Accreditation Team Training, 1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Dedham Country Day School, Dedham, MA Sunday, October 05, 2008 AISNE Diversity School Fair Blue Hills Boys and Girls Club, Dorchester, MA Tuesday, October 07, 2008 SSS Methodology and Assessing Need in Economically Challenging Times with Mark Mitchell, NAIS Berwick Academy, South Berwick, ME Sunday, October 19, 2008 to Tuesday, October 21, 2008 AISNE Beginning Teacher Institute Warren Conference Center, Ashland, MA Thursday, October 23, 2008 AISNE Diversity Coordinators/Professionals Fall Dinner Meeting, 4:00 - 7:00 P.M. Belmont Hill School, Belmont, MA Wednesday, October 29, 2008 AISNE Governance Conference for Trustees and Heads, 9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. Keynote: Pat Bassett, President of NAIS Crowne Plaza Hotel, Natick, MA Thursday, November 06, 2008 AISNE Board Meeting, 1:30 - 4:30 P.M. Moses Brown School, Providence, RI Wednesday, November 12, 2008 AISNE Annual Diversity Conference Keynotes: Dr. Samuel Betances, sociologist and Educator, and Juan Williams, NPR Political Correspondent and Author Crowne Plaza Hotel, Natick, MA Tuesday, November 18, 2008 A Crisis of Mind: Environmental Sustainability and the Role of Independent Schools (This same workshop was offered last year in October and March) with Josh Hahn Saint Mark's School, Southborough, MA Wednesday, November 19, 2008 to Thursday, November 20, 2008 * NCGS Strategic Leadership Institute for Experienced Women Educators Boston, MA Thursday, November 20, 2008 Fall Business Conference Crowne Plaza, Natick, MA Sunday, December 07, 2008 AISNE Winter School Fair Westin Hotel, Waltham, MA Friday, December 12, 2008 "Teaching to Witness: Fostering White Antiracism on Campus" Shelly Tochluk, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA, author of Witnessing Whiteness Monday, January 26, 2009 AISNE Board Meeting, 9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. Concord Academy, Concord, MA Tuesday, February 10, 2009 to Tuesday, February 10, 2009 The Right-Brained Future - Pat Bassett, President of NAIS Wednesday, February 25, 2009 to Friday, February 27, 2009 NAIS Annual Conference Chicago, IL Saturday, February 28, 2009 AISNE - Middle School Students of Color Conference Newton Country Day Newton, MA Tuesday, March 03, 2009 Beyond Sustainability—Creating Regenerative Schools: Saint Mark's School, Southborough, MA Saturday, April 18, 2009 to Sunday, April 19, 2009 AISNE - High School Students of Color Conference Thayer Academy, Braintree, MA Thursday, April 30, 2009 AISNE Board Meeting, 1:30 - 3:30 P.M. AISNE Annual Meeting, 4:30 - 6:00 P.M. AISNE Heads Dinner, 6:30 - 8:30 P.M. Park School, Brookline, MA Thursday, April 30, 2009 to Friday, May 01, 2009 * National Partnership for Educational Access Conference Charles Hotel, Cambridge, MA Saturday, May 09, 2009 to Saturday, May 09, 2009 AISNE's Middle School Diversity Conference Worcester Academy, Worcester, MA Thursday, June 25, 2009 AISNE Board Meeting, 9:30 A.M. - Noon Site: TBA