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Experiential Learning
Experiential learning is an important part of our curriculum. We supplement
our curriculum with many adventures into the community and into the outdoors, as
well as creating engaging and hands-on activities within the subjects that we
teach.
 We feel that learning happens best with emotion, challenge and the requisite
support. People discover their abilities, values, "grand passions," and
responsibilities in situations that offer adventure and the unexpected. They
must have tasks that require perseverance, fitness, craftsmanship, imagination,
self-discipline and significant achievement. A primary job of the educator is to
help students overcome their trepidation and discover they have more in them
than they think. This happens both in and out of the classroom, and is most
obvious when students and instructors "leave" the relative safety of the school
building and strike out into the world for an adventure.
Learning is an expedition into the unknown. Expeditions draw together personal
experience and intellectual growth to promote self-discovery and the
construction of knowledge. We believe that adults should guide students along
this journey with care, compassion, and respect. Addressing these issues outside
of the school building profoundly increases the potential for learning and
creativity of each student.
Given fundamental levels of health, safety and love, all people can and want to
learn. We believe experiential education harnesses the natural passion to learn
and is a powerful method for developing the curiosity, skills, knowledge and
courage needed to imagine and understand oneself and one’s peers in a more
conscious and profound manner.
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