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• NAIS Thrive Conference, February 2025

  Thanks to our partnership with Dr. Denise Pope and Challenge Success, Crescent School was invited to present a keynote workshop at the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) conference in Nashville, TN, in February 2025. Entitled “The Missing Piece: Integrating Student Voices for Effective Teaching and Transformative Policymaking,” Dr. Pope provided an overview of current research, highlighting the significance of student voice and choice across various educational contexts. The heart of the presentation was an innovative "Student Fishbowl" focus group, featuring two Crescent Grade 11 student panellists on three crucial topics: well-being including physical and mental health, academic engagement, and student voice. This opportunity provided an international audience for CCBE’s work involving student engagement and research to be featured for an international audience. 

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• 16th International Conference on Robotics in Education, April 2025

  In April 2025, Marcella Fioroni, Director of Robotics, had the opportunity to speak at the 16th International Conference on Robotics in Education at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece.  Welcomed to present on the topic of Methodology and Pedagogy in Robotics Education research, her talk described the theoretical framework, New Materialism, which she chose to underpin her doctoral research. The conference drew together teachers and researchers in robotics, focusing on sharing resources and improving pedagogical practices. Ms. Fioroni's paper, entitled New Materialist Robotics, appears in the conference proceedings published in October 2025.

• IBSC Annual Conference, How a Portrait of a Graduate Statement Amplifies School Strategy, June 2025

  Dr. Sandra Boyes and Lynda Torneck shared Crescent School's experience in developing the Portrait of a Graduate as a strategic framework for student outcomes. The Portrait of a Graduate articulates the essential qualities students should possess upon graduation, aligning educational goals with institutional mission while differentiating the school within the broader educational landscape. Crescent’s journey emphasized the importance of design principles, sustained community engagement, strategic marketing, and thoughtful curriculum integration. Today, the Portrait of a Graduate serves as both a unifying vision and a practical tool, anchoring program design and affirming Crescent’s mission in ways that are visible across the student experience.

• IBSC Annual Conference, Empowering Agency Through Engagement: Insights from Boys’ Character Development, June 2025

  Dr. Sandra Boyes and Trish Cislak highlighted the outcomes of a five-year participatory action research initiative with Grade 10 and 11 students. These projects have significantly deepened boys’ sense of identity and purpose while contributing meaningfully to Crescent’s school culture.

• IBSC Annual Conference, Hawley-Jarvis Award Recipient

  Our very own Trish Cislak was awarded the 2025 Hawley-Jarvis award, which is given to ??an employee of an IBSC member school whose selfless service furthers best practice in boys’ education and the professional development of those who educate boys.

  • See IBSC’s 2025 Hawley Jarvis announcement