Category: Our Approach
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Why our private school embraces atypical students
After celebrating our graduation last month, we cannot help but be beyond proud of how far our students have come. From their first interviews…
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We couldn’t bring your kids back from Ecuador.
We’re really sorry, but a lot can happen in 12 days in South America. In fact, when you jam-pack an itinerary with hiking mountains,…
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Learning on a Living Planet
We live on a planet with myriad human and non-human beings. We humans are thinkers, schemers, dreamers, a mix of technical know-how and spiritual…
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Should we learn all day?
By Efrat Shapir A student this summer asked me about the purpose of being at school all day. “Can’t you just teach me all…
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Education as a rite of passage
There is an old saying: “If the men in a society are not initiated into it, they will destroy it.” I believe that we…
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Facilitating Individualized Education
A good sign that a class, course, or workshop went well is when I (the facilitator) learn something from it. Last week our first…