Chelsea Detrick graduated from Webster Groves High School in 2003. During her younger years she attended Bristol, Steger and Hixson schools in the district. Chelsea was a quiet but hard working and intelligent student, very conscientious about all of her schoolwork and considerate of others. She was not involved in many school activities, but she was a member of the National Honor Society and she conducted alumni surveys for the school during the summers while she was in college. Chelsea cherished her high school friendships.

Chelsea went to college at Elon University in North Carolina and graduated with honors and a degree in psychology in 2007. She moved to Seattle, Washington that summer to begin her new life after college and to establish her independence. She took a job with the Washington State Ferry System, receiving a promotion and raise after six months based on her personality, ability and work ethic. Chelsea was beginning to find her way in the world when she contracted cancer and passed away on April 9, 2009.

This Center is established to enhance and facilitate learning among students and others in the Webster Groves School District community. It is named in honor and memory of Chelsea Detrick.

Spark & Sustain Your Curiosity with the Following Courses Offered Through the Chelsea Center:

9140 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING – ACADEMIC YEAR (Internships, Teaching & Learning Cohort (new), Service Learning, Passion Pursuits, Travel)

Credit: ¼ or ½ unit

Prerequisites: Depends upon the activity/class chosen; Chelsea Center approval

Open to grades: 9-12

Are you a hands-on learner? Would you like to explore an interest of yours with the guidance of an expert mentor? Experiential Learning (ExL) helps you do both! Experiential Learning (ExL) is the process of making meaning and creating knowledge from direct experience. Participants in ExL learn through doing and reflecting on doing. ExL opportunities involving internships, service learning, passion pursuits and travel come up throughout the school year and are ways for students to personalize and co-design their learning, while tapping into the power of our community partnerships.

By providing students with the opportunity to tinker, collaborate, adapt, and communicate, ExL prepares students for the excitement and challenges of their current and future lives. To make the most of the experience, students should be actively involved in all phases of the process; goal-setting, co-designing their learning, reflection, and sharing their learning with community stakeholders.

During the academic school year, if a student wants to pursue Experiential Learning (internship, service learning, passion pursuit, or travel), they will collaborate with the Chelsea Center Coordinator and Advisor to discuss the opportunity and brainstorm ways to put it into action. Ideas and inspiration can be found on Twitter @wgchelseactr, Instagram wgchelseactr, or our website bit.ly/34Jculu.

9140 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING – SUMMER (Internships, Service Learning, Passion Pursuits, Travel)

Credit: ¼ or ½ unit

Prerequisites: Depends upon the activity/class chosen

Open to grades: 9-12

Experiential Learning (ExL) is the process of making meaning and creating knowledge from direct experience. Participants in ExL learn through doing and reflecting on doing. ExL opportunities involving internships, service learning, passion pursuits, travel and classes are ways for students to personalize and co-design their learning, while tapping into the power of our community partnerships.

A list of summer experiential learning opportunities will be made available by March 1st. Online registration forms will be available at that point. Students registered for summer ExL courses will participate in a brief workshop to set goals, co-design their reflection process, and brainstorm ways to share their learning with community stakeholders.

9105 PERSONAL EMPLOYMENT

Credit: .5 credit for minimum 5 hours of employment per week; up to 1.0 credit may be earned in one academic year

Prerequisite: Approval of counselor and Personal Employment teacher

Open to Grades: 11-12

This Experiential Learning class helps students reflect on and articulate what they are learning during their real-world work experience. Students receive elective credit and pass/fail based on the experiential learning process of setting goals, co-designing their reflection process, hours worked, and sharing their learning with community stakeholders. Department-specific credit may be earned in some areas subject to the approval of the department chairperson and a review of assignments by a department faculty member. At the beginning of the semester, students will attend either a 1st or 7th hour Personal Employment - Experiential Learning class to engage in goal-setting, co-designing their reflection process, and brainstorming ways to share their learning with community stakeholders near the end of the semester. Once these plans are completed, students will only meet on set days, as designated by the teacher, to check in on their experiences and reflect on transferable skills.