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Strewn across tables in Ms. Sampar’s fifth grade science classroom is a medley of injured stuffed animals: a dolphin with a missing flipper, a stingray with a broken barb, a goat with a hole in its head.

This winter, a group of Carroll Middle School students and chaperones had the opportunity to attend the AISNE Middle School Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference—an event that lifts up the voices and experiences of student identities often marginalized in independent schools.

In teacher team meetings, at parent-teacher conferences, and in Renée’s office as she talks to research partners, one word comes up repeatedly: neuroplasticity. Everyone is talking about how Carroll School changes brains and transforms students’ lives. But how?

A conversation with Jen Amos, Lower School Speech and Language Pathologist, about her role at Carroll School.

At Carroll, the Middle School Science team is determined to help every student see themselves as global thinkers and problem-solvers, prepared for an ever-changing world.

An interview with Erika Barros, Admission Associate at Carroll School.