EWS Hosts, Students Shine at TEDxYouth Conference
In November, Emery/Weiner hosted 
TEDxYouth@ISASEmeryWeiner, an event styled after and guided by the Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) Conference. The TED conference is a yearly summit which brings together the best and
brightest from a wide array of disciplines to discuss their visions for a better tomorrow.
This past year, six Houston-area schools participated in our youth-focused event, including Chinquapin Preparatory, Duchesne Academy, The Kinkaid School, The Post Oak School and The Shlenker School - putting on a total of 16 presentations.
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"Repairing the World" More than Just a Slogan with Student-driven Initiatives
At Emery/Weiner, working to improve kids' character is just as important as working to improve their minds. The notion of Tikkun Olam - repairing the world in which we live - may be the most critical value EWS seeks to instill. The principle is not solely an administrative and teacher initiative, however, as students from all grade levels have embraced this aspect of the EWS mission with toiletry, food, candy and stuffed animal toy drives to help thousands of families in need this year alone, and by volunteering at more than 300 places in and around Houston.
After the tragic killing of 26 people - 20 of them children - at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, CT, on December 14, seventh grader Lauren Czarlinsky put an ambitious idea with a very tight time frame into action. More...
Sixth Grade Writing Project Brings Mythology to Area Elementary Schools 
The art of actual writing may seem like a dying form of artistic expression with the popularity of email and texting, but those skills have not fallen by the wayside in 6th grade English teacher Elaine Lupovitch's classroom. Her students have to embrace their love of the written word to write their own mythological book and brave the critics by reading their stories to audiences at other area schools.
"The Big Book Project is the culminating activity of Enduring Heroes, a project based learning unit we do connected to our study of The Lightning Thief, a 2005 fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology," Lupovitch said. More...
Faculty Spotlight: Jade Garcia 
When The Emery/Weiner School decided to add Spanish to the Middle School curriculum, it also scored a great coup in hiring teacher Jade Garcia. One of the few teachers to teach in both divisions, Garcia is a well known, and beloved teacher amongst both the students and faculty and staff. More...
Winter Photospread
View our photospread of all our Winter activities, including Veteran's Day, US Retreats, Holocaust and Memory, the winter production of "Smile," and the Winter Trips. More...
