How We Learn
Students will have choice to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways. Students develop an online portfolio throughout their learning journey.
Curriculum is covered in two ways:
- Impacting complex social issues within the community
- Classroom learning
Ask Good Questions About All Subjects
Teachers facilitate students to co-create robust inquiry projects, which purposefully engage with community projects that cover a wide range of learning outcomes from different subject curriculum. Throughout this process, feedback is an essential component of all three stages, which include:
Explore |
Create |
Share and Reflect |
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Multiple Options
In all cases, students will still be given flexibility and choice to demonstrate their learning in different ways based on their strengths and interests.
Testimonials
The (Y)our Program is where I think I actually started to learn things that were important. Unlike most high school students, I got the chance to learn about things that were going to affect me immediately after high school. I got the chance to learn about credit scores, mortgages and how to do my taxes. I learned the things I didn't think I would need to know. I learned that it's important to challenge people's expectations of you. I learned how to actually make personal connections with people. I learned more than just what was in the curriculum. School can be enjoyable if you let it. I was lucky to be able to choose my sources for projects and make everything personal to my learning. I got to learn, but I got to do it in a way that fit me and catered to what would help me succeed. The curriculum wasn't just shoved down my throat. It was given to me and I was able to make it my own.”
- 3-Year Y(our) Student & First-Year U of A Student