Students enter the welcoming area of North Nation by Design and we begin our day with a 10-15 minute daily check-in. At this time, students see the schedule for the day and check in with teachers. At the beginning of a semester, students will find out the “Theme” and will choose their seminars based on their interests. They will then spend time daily/weekly exploring the content through PBLs. These seminars are about two hours of their time on a typical day. We will also set aside 30-45 minutes daily/weekly for students to work on their Impact Project (we call this Design Time), this allows for students to work with their group/partner to pursue their personal passions. Once students come back from lunch, they will go to their “homeroom”, where we work on goal setting, leadership skills and this time also serves as a flex time for students to work on what they need.

Sample Daily Schedule: Notice that we do not follow traditional bell schedule. Students are with us from 9:00-1:35

• 9:00 - 9:20 Welcome/Opening, Group Activity

• 9:25 - 11:30 Seminars (students would attend 3)

• 11:35 - 12:15 Design Time

• 12:15 - 12:20 Follow-up

• 12:20 - 12:50 Lunch

• 12:55 - 1:35 Homeroom, Flex Time