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May 16, 20193 min read
Learning That Goes Beyond The Classroom
By Erin Cawley, Junior High Dean At Noble Academy, we have a unique structure to our comprehensive educational experience because we...
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Mar 28, 20193 min read
How to Survive a Late Spring Break
by Amanda Carter, Head of School This year, Noble Academy’s Spring Break falls in the last full week of April. In my nine years working...
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Feb 11, 20192 min read
Why I Love Noble Academy
by Emma Carter, 11th grade My eight years at Noble Academy have been life-changing - Learning new things, growing as a person, becoming a...
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Jan 28, 20193 min read
Commitment To Accountability
With the New Year comes New Year’s resolutions, which are notoriously ill-fated. That gym membership that doesn’t see the light of day...
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Dec 17, 20182 min read
Developing a Collaborative Culture
By Jenny Rundle, Dean of Lower School Through the years, parents have asked what it is that staff members do on Wednesday afternoons...
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Nov 29, 20184 min read
Assistive Technology Tools for Math
by Ben Maynard, Director of Media and Educational Technology After last month’s blog post about literacy and assistive technology (AT)...
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Nov 16, 20183 min read
Thankfulness
If you are anything like me, you have many friends who each November participate in some sort of 30 days of thankful project or...
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Nov 14, 20183 min read
Developing Self-Confidence Through Skills Week at Noble Academy
By Jennifer Aceves, Head of High School “I don’t think I can do this.” How many times have you had this thought? As a parent or educator,...
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Oct 30, 20185 min read
Technology and Students with Dyslexia
By Ben Maynard, Director of Media and Educational Technology October is Dyslexia Awareness Month. It is designed to help increase the...
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Oct 29, 20182 min read
Making and Keeping Friends
Friendship isn’t necessarily an education buzzword, but it is an imperative component of all of our lives. Having people who care about...
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Sep 21, 20182 min read
Perseverance: Understanding a Very Adult Idea
Walking through the halls of our high school, I often end up engaging in random class discussions I overhear as I pass. A few weeks ago,...
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Aug 20, 20182 min read
Building Trust: A Necessity In Education!
The Dictionary by Merriam-Webster defines trust as “assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or...
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Aug 2, 20182 min read
The Noble Academy Way: Through the Eyes of Faculty & Staff
At Noble Academy, we utilize five steps that help to build great futures for our students. Those five steps, known as The Noble Academy...
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Jul 11, 20182 min read
Get Outside and PLAY!
Summer...that word just has a beautiful ring to it. It is the mystical, elusive time we dream about from September to May. It enchants us...
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Jun 14, 20181 min read
Summer Reading Lists
Click the links below to access the 2018 Summer Reading Lists: Lower School - Rising 2nd-6th Grades Junior High - Rising 7th-8th Grades...
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Mar 7, 20182 min read
Noble Academy Receives Record-Breaking Bequest
(Greensboro, NC) Noble Academy received a six-figure bequest in February, the largest private donation in the School’s 30-year history....
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Feb 22, 20183 min read
Executive Functioning: Not just a trendy catch phrase
Squad Goals. Binge-watch. Tweetstorm. Adulting. Lit. Recent years have created buzzwords that infiltrate our dialog from interactions on...
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Feb 7, 20182 min read
Carter Named New Head Of School
Following a national search, Noble Academy has announced Amanda Carter will take the helm as the school’s new Head of School for the...
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Nov 10, 20175 min read
Navigating The Road To College
As a parent, you have finally figured this high school thing out. You have mastered Alma and Google Classroom, you have your son or...
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Oct 6, 20173 min read
Building Self-Confidence In Students: An Integral Part Of The Noble Academy Way
One of my favorite authors, Jodi Picoult, wrote, “When you’re different, sometimes you don’t see the millions of people who accept you...
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