Evidence of Engagement posts tagged "Expeditions"

Portland Tribune features City View's success and EL model

From the Portland Tribune:

Article by Nancy Townsley,

It isn’t at all unusual to see a group of fourth-graders from City View Charter School exploring an historic building in downtown Hillsboro.

That could happen almost any weekday, because the seven-year-old private school, based on an “expeditionary learning” model, encourages its pupils in kindergarten through eighth grade to learn by doing.

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Teachers Learn New Ways to Teach at Summer Institutes

For many teachers in the Expeditionary Learning network, summer is a time to step into their students' shoes and do a little learning of their own. This article from Anna Renault highlights just one of EL's summer institutes:

 

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Palouse Prairie School of Expeditionary Learning Showcases Work at Prichard Gallery

Friday, May 20


MOSCOW, Idaho – The Prichard Art Gallery's next exhibit will feature altered books on water quality by fifth and sixth graders from the Palouse Prairie School of Expeditionary Learning. The exhibit will run Tuesday, May 24, through Tuesday, June 7. A reception will be held Tuesday, May 24, from 6-8 p.m. at the Prichard Art Gallery.

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Students from Decatur Discovery Academy Honor the Road to Reconcilliation

 

Honoring The Road To Reconciliation- Honoring memories, Telling our stories, Rebuilding Rwanda. These excerpts from the program includes Bishop Rucyahnan and Ambassador Kimonyo. This Commemoration was held at Decatur Discovery Academy in Indianapolis, IN USA on 4/23/2011

View still photos from the event here.

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4th Graders from Springville K-8 help restore a local wetland

In a project that earned teacher Brian Torres a Disney Planet Challenge Award for $1,000, students from Springville K-8 cleared the site of garbage; planted more than 300 new plants, trees, and shrubs; and tested the water quailty.

 

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King Middle School Students Present at National Conference

EL National Conference Student Keynote from Expeditionary Learning on Vimeo.

Students from King Middle School in Portland, ME deliver the Expeditionary Learning Schools National Conference keynote in Portland, OR in March 2011. The students described their civil rights expedition, Small Acts of Courage.

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School Profile: King Middle School

Since becoming an EL school in 1992, King has fully reinvented itself—from a low-performing school to one of the highest-performing schools in the state of Maine and a model school within the EL network.

Download the King Middle School profile here

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School Profile: Genesee Community Charter School

Located in Rochester, NY on the campus of the Rochester Museum, this K-6 school has had a tremendous impact on the city of Rochester and the EL community.

Dowload their full school profile here

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