Academics
Our Philosophy: As parent educators we believe that, “The main part of intellectual education is
not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live.” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
In essence, we have determined that learning best occurs in an environment that:
not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live.” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
In essence, we have determined that learning best occurs in an environment that:
- Is accepting of varied methods of demonstrating knowledge
- Promotes physical and emotional health and well being and supports questions, experimentation, self-expression, creativity and appropriate risk taking
- Is relevant & authentic
- Is developmentally supportive
- Is student centered
- Models & requires high-level thinking skills
- Incorporates language learning & multi-cultural education
- Celebrates & brings relevance to cultural & individual diversity
- Models self reflection & self assessment
- Is rich & demanding and promotes depth of learning
- Is psychologically safe
- Provides a variety of ways for our son to engage in coursework & in the community