David O'Halloran, Headmaster - Saint David's School, New York City

Throughout our program, technology supports the development of integral competencies such as critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving ability. In her Saint David's Magazine feature article, below, Assistant Headmaster and Head of Upper School, Alexis Aoyama, details the values-driven integration of technology at the school. At Saint David’s School, our focus is on developing the critical mind. Technology serves as a powerful tool to amplify and extend critical thinking skills across disciplines. By integrating cutting-edge digital tools and fostering innovative partnerships, we empower boys to approach complex problems, collaborate globally, and think deeply about the world around them. From exploring global cultures through signature learning experiences to conducting hands-on scientific research with professional-grade technology, students are challenged to analyze, question, and create. Whether solving coding challenges, designing engineering prototypes, or applying gr...

On a recent Friday morning at the NY Hilton, three Saint David's boys participated on the keynote address panel for the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. The panel gave each student a chance to share about an innovative, globally minded languages project or learning that they are doing with a teacher.  In front of more than 1,000 educators in attendance, our boys, who were the only elementary school-age presenters, spoke knowledgeably about their projects and confidently answered questions that had been gathered from the audience.   A third grader presented Mi Mascota:  “Our next unit is on pets, and we will be creating books on how to care for different types of pets to share with the animal shelter in Spanish Harlem,” he said. “We hope our directions will help families adopting a pet to take good care of them.” A sixth grader presented Siu Mai Peruano, sharing a Peruvian unit and cooking project from his Spanish class:  “In this project we ...