SOLITUDE AND REFLECTION
Students and teachers need time alone to explore their own thoughts, make their own connections, and create their own ideas. They also need time to exchange their reflections with other students and with adults.
Students and teachers need time alone to explore their own thoughts, make their own connections, and create their own ideas. They also need time to exchange their reflections with other students and with adults.
A direct and respectful relationship with the natural world refreshes the human spirit and teaches the important ideas of recurring cycles and cause and effect. Students learn to become stewards of the earth and of future generations.
Both diversity and inclusion increase the richness of ideas, creative power, problem-solving ability, and respect for others. In Expeditionary Learning schools, students investigate and value their different histories and talents as well as those of other communities and cultures. Schools and learning groups are heterogeneous.
All students need to be successful if they are to build the confidence and capacity to take risks and meet increasingly difficult challenges. But it is also important for students to learn from their failures, to persevere when things are hard, and to learn to turn disabilities into opportunities.
Expedition Express READY!, SET!, GO! And we're off. Our Spring Expedition kicked off this week for a fun-filled Spring Science Expedition. Yes, there is a sports theme to this Expedition. I'm sure the crew will enjoy the Scientific Explorations we have planned for the next few months. Swifter, Faster, Stronger: Case Study #1 will focus on the [...]
Expedition Express READY!, SET!, GO! And we're off. Our Spring Expedition kicked off this week for a fun-filled Spring Science Expedition. Yes, there is a sports theme to this Expedition. I'm sure the crew will enjoy the Scientific Explorations we have planned for the next few months. Swifter, Faster, Stronger: Case Study #1 will focus on the [...]
Expedition Express READY!, SET!, GO! And we're off. Our Spring Expedition kicked off this week for a fun-filled Spring Science Expedition. Yes, there is a sports theme to this Expedition. I'm sure the crew will enjoy the Scientific Explorations we have planned for the next few months. Swifter, Faster, Stronger: Case Study #1 will focus [...]
Director's notes Jan 29, 2014 Hi all, Progress Reports will be available Monday; we will be sending them in sealed envelopes home with students. Wonderful job everyone on our first half of the year. Jenn Skaff and I will be out of the Office next week, Wed, Feb 5 – Fri, Feb 7. Anna Demm [...]
Please see attachment for 2012-13 School Accountability Report Card, or you can follow link to the State's website and our published version: http://www.sarconline.org/Admin
Director's notes Jan 22, 2014 Hi all, Not much to report this week. Most crews are finishing up expeditions as the end of term nears (Friday), while a couple of crews are diving into new expeditions. Students are really enjoying the beautiful weather, even though it is quite a change from most winters. Tiffany Connolly, [...]