Learning Environment
- Student-driven, blended learning approaches provide students with growth opportunities tailored to provide challenges for which they are ready
- We embrace a growth mindset and encourage students to persevere through every challenge rather than back down from them
- While we embrace technology and its benefits, we also value traditional methods that have withstood the test of time, such as reading books one can hold, writing by hand, and other kinesthetic modalities
- Students learn presentation skills and use them regularly throughout the school year in class and as part of public presentations in poetry, storytelling, musical programs, and more
- Because our school day is very intentionally scheduled and structured, elementary students typically do not have homework, allowing them time to play, be kids, spend time with family, and recharge before the next day full of learning
- "House" membership to help encourage a team mentality
- Students are taught and given presonal responsibility in their learning to encourage buy-in and perseverance
- Because of this personal responsibility and focus on growth, students can move more quickly or more deliberately as needed/desired through several subject areas
- Rather than learn subjects independently of one another, students regularly apply their learning across disciplines
- Daily recess for free-play (Elementary and middle)
- All students bring their own Chromebooks/laptops to allow for personal preference
- Immersion in creation, including through intentional outdoor activities and by taking regularly scheduled classes outside
- Regular studio, family, and school-wide events
- Intentional field trips (varies per studio)
- Three times per year, students take NWEA's MAP Growth assessments in reading, language arts, and math to help measure and drive each student's specific learning path
- Weekly chapel
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