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edit   The Schools Portal A school (from Greek σχολεῖον - scholeion) is an institution designed to allow and encourage students (or "pupils") to learn, under the supervision of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students often progress through a series of schools: primary school, secondary school, and possibly a university, vocational school or a college. There are also non-governmental schools, called private or independent schools. A school may be dedicated to a particular field, such as a school of economics or a school of dance. Alternative schools and democratic education may provide nontraditional methods and curriculum, or no curriculum, as it were. In homeschooling and online schools, teaching and learning take place outside of a traditional school building. The use of the term school varies by country, as do the names of the various levels of education within the country. More about Schools... edit   Selected article Amador Valley High School is a public high school in Pleasanton, California, USA, a city east of San Francisco. Amador Valley is one of four high schools in the Pleasanton Unified School District, which includes Foothill High School, Village High School, and Horizon High School. The school was founded as Amador Valley Joint Union High School, from which its first class graduated in 1923. The school has been named a California Distinguished School, a National School of Character, and a National Blue Ribbon School. As of 2009, Amador Valley offers its 2,500 students 23 varsity sports, 20 Advanced Placement courses, a program to study local aquatic wildlife, and vocational training. Amador's location allows it to be the launching point for parades and to host the site of the Amador Theater, Pleasanton's central performing arts facility for more than 60 years. In national competitions such as We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution, the Amador Valley team has ranked in the top four places from 2006 to 2009. Similarly, the Amador Valley Robotics Team is recognized nationally as the only high school team in the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) competition hosted by Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI). edit   Selected picture The Lycée Louis-le-Grand (sometimes nicknamed LLG) is a public high school located in Paris, widely regarded as one of the most demanding in France. Formerly known as the Collège de Clermont, it was named in king Louis XIV of France's honor after he visited the school and offered his patronage. Countless former pupils have become statesmen, diplomats, prelates, marshals of France, members of the Académie française, and men and women of letters. edit   In this month June 5th 1823 – Raffles Institution, the oldest school in Singapore, is founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. 19th 1987 – In Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania rules against the Dover Area School District, holding that teaching intelligent design in public school biology classes violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 30th 1857 – Britain calls on the schoolboys of La Martiniere Lucknow to aid in the residency's defence during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Because of their contributions, La Martiniere Lucknow is the only school in the world to have been awarded royal battle honours edit   Wikiprojects WikiProject Schools Wikiproject Education • Wikiproject Education in Australia • Wikiproject Education in Canada • Wikiproject Education in Pakistan • Wikiproject Academics • Wikiproject Alternative education • Wikiproject School Years • School and university projects • Deletion sorting/Schools What are WikiProjects? edit   Good articles Accra Academy Arlington Senior High School Auburn High School (Alabama) Barnard Castle School Bath School disaster Benet Academy Benjamin Franklin High School (New Orleans) Briarcliff High School Caulfield Grammar School Chetham's School of Music City of London School Colegio de la Preciosa Sangre de Pichilemu Direct grant grammar school Dougherty Valley High School DuPont Manual High School Garden City High School (Kansas) Gordon Parks High School Hanley Castle High School Hwa Chong Institution Johnson Senior High School (St. Paul, Minnesota) Malvern College North Community High School Norwich School (independent school) Pathlight School Phillips Exeter Academy Library Port Charlotte High School Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney Pūnana Leo Roswell High School (Georgia) Royal Grammar School, Guildford Scarborough Day School School District 53 Okanagan Similkameen Stonyhurst College The Doon School Theodore Roosevelt High School (Kent, Ohio) Union City High School Whitney High School (Rocklin, California) Wisbech Grammar School École L'Odyssée edit   Selected biography John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, whose thoughts and ideas have been greatly influential in the United States and around the world. He, along with Charles Sanders Peirce and William James, is recognized as one of the founders of the philosophical school of Pragmatism. He is also known as the father of functional psychology and was a leading representative of the progressive movement in U.S. schooling during the first half of the 20th century. Dewey founded the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools where he was able to actualize his pedagogical beliefs which provided material for his first major work on education, The School and Society (1899). edit   Did you know... ... that the Liberty Colored High School (pictured), built to replace a Rosenwald school for African-American students in Liberty, South Carolina, is now the Rosenwood community center? ... that Konawaena High School's 18th place finish in the 1990 World Solar Challenge was the basis for the 1996 film Race the Sun? ... that the 2009 film Heart of Stone is the story of Weequahic High School beset by gangs, and its principal working with Black and Jewish alumni and gang members to restore its glory prior to 1960? edit   Categories ▼ Schools ► Schools by association ► Schools by city ► Schools by continent ► Schools by country ► Schools by medium of instruction ► Schools by type ► Alumni by secondary school ► Lists of schools ► School accreditors ► Associations of schools ► School killings ► Awards given to schools ► School buildings ► School buses ► School colors ► Defunct schools ► Regional education units ► School districts ► School examinations ► Schools in fiction ► History of schools ► School museums ► Patrons of schools ► Schools programs ► Relocated schools ► School sex abuse scandals ► Training ships ► Schoolteachers ► School terminology ► School traditions ► School types ► School images ► School stubs ► Wikipedia categories named after schools Educational institutions by year of establishment edit   Lists List of schools by country List of international schools List of choir schools List of the oldest schools in the world List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom List of school-related attacks edit   Featured content Amador Valley High School The Avery Coonley School Baltimore City College Eastbourne manslaughter History of Baltimore City College The Judd School Plano Senior High School School for Creative and Performing Arts Stuyvesant High School List of Benet Academy alumni List of Boston Latin School alumni List of schools in Cardenal Caro List of schools in Marlborough, New Zealand List of schools in the Northland Region List of Old Guildfordians (Royal Grammar School, Guildford) edit   Related portals Books Culture Education Library and information science Literature Science Society University edit   Topics edit   Things you can do Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : WikiProject Schools/Article requests Assess : Assessment requests Cleanup : Schools needing cleanup, WikiProject Schools articles to be moved Copyedit : Articles in need of emergency, short term attention, Schools articles needing expert attention Deletion sorting : WikiProject Deletion sorting/Schools Infobox : School articles without infoboxes, UK schools using wrong infoboxes Maintain : Portal:Schools Merge : School articles to be merged Photo : Wikipedia requested photographs of schools Stubs : Stub-Class school articles Other : Join the project and add {{User WikiProject Schools}} to your talk page. Place the project banner {{WikiProject Schools}} on the talk pages of all articles within the scope of the project. Read the pages at Wikipedia:Schools for the current discussions on school policy. edit   Associated Wikimedia What are portals? List of portals Featured portals