For the fourth year in a row, Ravenscroft's student-led fundraising team for Crucial Catch has been recognized as the top fundraising school in the nation, exceeding their goal of $30,000 by more than $6,000, and once again winning the prestigious Pink Cleat Award.
Three Ravenscroft art students have been recognized for their submissions to the Fine Arts League of Cary Teen Show.
Six Middle School students took the global Pegasus Mythology Exam in March, with all winning awards for their performance.
In service of our mission to nurture students’ individual potential and prepare them to thrive in a complex and interdependent world, Ravenscroft partners with experts across a range of subjects, enriching and enhancing our programming and providing our faculty and staff, students and families with expanded access to training, information and resources across many of today’s most important educational priorities.
Since 2010, Ravenscroft has partnered with the Center for Creative Leadership — a top-ranked global provider of leadership development — in developing and implementing our groundbreaking Lead From Here citizen leadership framework. Designed to teach the leadership skills that business, government, nonprofit and education leaders from all over the world have identified as crucial in today’s workforce, Lead From Here prepares our students from PreK to 12th grade to lead and collaborate with others to create positive change. Ongoing training for faculty and staff and workshops for parents and guardians further ground our community in this one-of-a-kind framework.
Learn more: Citizen Leadership Framework Defines What It Means to Be a Raven
Through their innovative approach to Reflective Structured Dialogue, Essential Partners equips communities with the tools and strategies needed to engage in meaningful conversations, bridge divides and build stronger relationships across diverse populations. By participating in Essential Partners’ Dialogic Classroom (for teachers) and Dialogue Across Differences (for students) facilitator training, Ravenscroft cultivates a culture of empathy, respect and open communication, ultimately creating a more positive and enriching learning experience for all. Ravenscroft has proudly partnered with Essential Partners since 2020 and, with their help, we have empowered scores of students and teachers with the skills needed to facilitate courageous conversations through RSD.
Learn more: Building Empathy: The Dialogic Classroom and Dialogue Across Differences
Ravenscroft is a founding member of The Institute for Global Learning (formerly GEBG), which connects educators with the community and resources they need to engage their students with the world, both close to home and beyond. The Institute for Global Learning uses a research-based approach to establish standards for global education, both on and off campus. With a mission to promote the development of global citizens in independent schools and beyond through global curriculum, experiences and institutional support, The Institute for Global Learning leads with the belief that Global Education develops the knowledge, skills and empathic orientation required to understand multiple perspectives and to thrive in increasingly interconnected world systems — aligning closely with the foundations of Ravenscroft’s own Global Education Department and the broader framework of Lead From Here.
Learn more: Virtual Exchanges Deepen Learning, Expand “International Interconnectedness”
One Schoolhouse is a leader in online education specifically built for the unique needs of independent schools. Students in our Upper School may take a One Schoolhouse class instead of an independent study to delve more deeply into a content area of interest with a group of peers at independent schools nationwide. While interest in a particular subject may motivate students, they also learn skills to prepare them for what online learning may look like in college.
Learn more: Nine New Developments in IDE
District C connects Ravenscroft students with local businesses to help them build the capacity to solve real-world problems using their "Teamship" tools. In our middle and upper school classes, students develop a deeper understanding of entrepreneurship by collaborating and utilizing the design process to identify a key insight that a small business faces and create a prototype they pitch in a business-style meeting. Through this partnership, we teach our students the importance of delivering real value to a business in need rather than solely working to earn a grade.
Learn more: District C: Solving Real-World Problems with Creative Solutions
Drawing on the knowledge and experiences of faculty and students in the Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship at UNC-Chapel Hill, Ravenscroft’s Shuford Mentorship Program is a unique partnership that aligns nicely with Lead from Here to empower the next generation of leaders and innovators. Through hands-on experiences, Upper School students gain valuable communication skills and a foundational entrepreneurial mindset to drive positive change and turn ideas into action. These skills help our students develop compelling narratives in differentiating themselves in the college application process, job market and life.
Learn more: Juniors Activate Lead From Here With UNC Mentorship Exchange
Recognizing that social media is a powerful influence on a student’s development, Ravenscroft partnered with The Social Institute on a groundbreaking social media education program, #WinAtSocial. The curriculum features age-appropriate topics and real-life social media challenges and dilemmas, which students and teachers discuss with peers in small-group workshops. This comprehensive, integrated approach engages not only students but faculty/staff and parents, too.
Learn more: Digital Citizenship: Preparing Students for the Online World
