Class Milieu

• Safe place to fail

  • Therefore, a safe place to dream, try new things and explore

• Emphasis on creativity and optimizing cognitive performance

  • Think time, music, lighting, seating, outdoor learning

  • Yoga in a jar, coloring table, interactive spaces

  • Reading, writing, exploratory exposure to new concepts

• Focus on SEL (Social and Emotional Learning)

  • Exploring who we are, how and why we learn

  • Dialogue journals

  • Introspection and reflection

  • Awareness of self (how are you feeling?)

  • Meta-cognition

Curriculum

• Diverse and process-oriented

• Hands-on

• Interdisciplinary

• Broad-based units of experience 

• Integrating independent study and collaborative pursuit

• Student-driven and flexible (unplanning)

• HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills)

• Divergent thinking skills and creativity (Intentionally open-ended)

• Designed to develop and strengthen life-skills 

  • communication, time management, organization, responsibility, craftsmanship, work ethic