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Expeditionary Learning and its partner schools are often featured in the press for their project-based learning, service to community, and educational innovation.

Integrated Arts and Technology High School teacher wins teacher award

The young lady who nominated our News 8 Golden Apple Award winner is going to become a scientist and do great things. And she gives her Seventh Grade Science Teacher Christina Peters a lot of the credit. Here's our surprise at the Integrated Arts and Technology High School at the Franklin Campus in Rochester.

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Expeditionary Learning Launches New Networking Tools on EL Commons

Expeditionary Learning is happy to announce the public launch of a Groups - the newest component of EL Commons as of January 30, 2012. 

Groups is a networking feature that supports discussion, resource sharing, and communication about events that pertain to specific “groups” of people in the network, small or large, near or far. 

Its purpose is to improve teaching and learning across the network and to be a place where community is built through collaboration and conversation.

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Green Schools National Conference

Expeditionary Learning is proud to be involved with the 2nd annual Green Schools National Conference. EL's own Jennifer Seydel is a featured speaker, Chief Operating Office Tom Van Winkle will be a panelist, and EL schools from across the country will be both presenting and present at the conference. 

 

 

 

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Kettle Falls Middle School is named a 2011 Washington State School of Distinction

Outstanding improvement in student achievement led to Kettle Falls Middle School receiving the 2011 School of Distinction Award from The Center for Educational Effectiveness (CEE), the Association of Educational Service Districts (AESD), the Association of Washington School Principals (AWSP), Phi Delta Kappa-Washington Chapter (PDK-WA), Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA), Washington State ASCD and Washin

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Christel House Academy Wins 2011 NAESP/MetLife Sharing the Dream Grant

Expeditionary Learning Principal of Christel House Academy Wins NAESP Foundation and MetLife Foundation Community Engagement Grant

Christel House Academy will use the Sharing the Dream grant of $5,000 to promote global awareness.

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Two EL Schools Named Colorado Centers of Excellence

Adventure Elementary and Tollgate Elementary School were among the 22 schools from all over Colorado that have received the Colorado Centers of Excellence Award for 2011. The award from the Colorado Department of Education recognizes impressive rates of student academic growth in schools with at least 75% at-risk pupils.

Click here to see more information about the award.

Congratulations Adventure and Tollgate!

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Capital City Wins Fitness Facility Award

Jake Steinfeld, chairman of the National Foundation for Governor’s Fitness Councils, announced on November 17th that Capital City Public Charter School has been selected as the lead recipient of a nationwide program to bring fitness centers to schools with exemplary physical activity and nutrition programs.

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Building Powerful School/Community Partnerships in Best Practices blog

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Expeditionary Learning’s Steven Levy Wins the Brooks Thomas Exemplary Service Award

Expeditionary Learning’s Steven Levy Wins the Brooks Thomas Exemplary Service Award 

Nationally Recognized School Reformer Wins Award for Exemplary Service

NEW YORK, Dec.

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