Nov
10
2012 Capstone Classic Autumn Debate Tournament: Friday Semifinalists
Congratulations to our semifinalists from Friday, November 9th!
Your dedicated effort and encouragement have built up a trust between you and my daughter which plays miraculously well on her. After six short months, astounding improvements...
D.G.S. parent
May
22
Speak for a Cause 2012 - End
By the close of Capstone’s inaugural Speak for a Cause competition for charity, just under 200 students presented speeches and wrote compositions in support of 84 different charities and won over $25,000 for 20 different charities.
Teaching Writing and Debate at Capstone is ultimately about creating an environment where those moments of recognition are continuous...
Tyler, on teaching at Capstone
What's great about teaching math is that every time I feel complacent with my own knowledge of concepts as basic as adding fractions, I am humbled by my students. I ask them...
Nielson, on teaching SATs
Oct
22
2011 Debate Classic - Results and Prizes
This autumn's edition of the Capstone Classic has concluded and over 140 students walked away with great learning experiences. The top students also walked away with great prizes - including university scholarships.
...combine small classes of curious students with enough class time for real discussion and practice, and you have a great recipe for development...
Molly, on teaching at Capstone
Sep
01
Fall 2012 Schedules Published - Classes Filling Up Quickly!
Fall 2012 schedules for both Primary and Secondary sections are now on our website. We encourage interested students and parents to schedule an appointment and assessment as soon as possible as spaces are filling up for many of the sections (especially the popular weekend times).
My daughter started going to debate lessons with Capstone in February 2010. Since then, Friday seems to be her favorite day. Not only because she can meet with her teacher and...
G.S.I.S. parent
I think of literature as a leap of faith. Few of us really experience life as vividly as the characters in the plays or novels that we read. But we're all human beings, so at some...
Hofan, on teaching English Literature