Adolescent Community
(12 - 14 years)
Adolescent Community
This program integrates rigorous academic studies with purposeful work, preparing adolescents to become contributing adult citizens who are self-confident and possess skills needed to thrive in society. Students explore advanced math topics, participate in language and book discussions, and conduct deep explorations in history and science. Collaborative planning and fundraising activities allow them to experience real-world business experience.
To encourage independence and confidence, school trips to Land Lab, a Nature’s Classroom Camp, as well as out of state trips, are designed focused on team building, self-exploration, stewardship, and deep exploration of historical and environmental topics.
Schedule
Early Morning: 7:15 to 8:15am
Full Day: 8:30am to 3:15pm
All Day: 8:30am to 6:00pm
All classes are Monday through Friday
What we offer
*Writing – Writing Process, typing, 5 *Paragraph Essays, Google Drive and STyles.
*Reading – Research , Book Discussion and Book Report.
*Grammer- Sentence Analysis, Word Origin, Mechanics.
*Money, Applications, Advanced Mathematics, Data and Graphing
Geometry -Geometric Patterns
*Advanced study of the forms of government, regions, nations and national religions / cultural observances of the world.
*American History. Constitution Test.
*Matter & Energy. Electricity
*They need real life experiences, and students work collaboratively to plan fundraising activities giving them business experience.
Increasingly advanced sensory activties continues such as –
*Discrimination of length, width, and height
*Discrimination of volume
*Discrimination among color tones
*Discrimination among geometric shapes for shape and relative size
*Discrimination among solid geometric shapes by sight and touch
*Solving of complex abstract puzzles in three dimensions
*Discrimination of intensity and nature of sounds
*Practicing responsible disposal of waste by reducing, reusing, and recycling. *Composting organic waste to fertilize our gardens
*Encouraging families to provide no-trash lunches
*Creating and maintaining community gardens: vegetable beds, butterfly garden, rain garden, flower beds, peace garden
*Maintaining our Rain Garden
*Wildlife study. Bird watching and care
*Maintaining our Certified Wildlife Habitat
*Move in different directions at varying speed; locomotor skills such as hop and gallop on non-preferred foot, slide, travel in relationship to various objects (over, under, behind, through)
*Circus arts: balancing, acrobatics, juggling, unicycle, stilts, german wheel, clowning
*Skills to develop strength, endurance, and flexibility
*Dancing and rhythms
*Art and Music is integrated into everyday activities.
*Activities to to develop a response to rhythm and melody, as well as a love and appreciation of music .
*Art projects reflect a current area of study.
