Jun 12, 2023
Session 7 Week 3 Throughout my life I have heard conversations that “nothing important happens in the last weeks of school” or that “there is no point in going.” This is 100% not the case at CHOICE. Quite the opposite in fact. Truly meaningful work, discussions and...
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Jun 5, 2023
Session 7, Week 2 Throughout survival camp heroes used survival books to help them accomplish some of their outdoor challenges. Their book included topics such as knot tying, sewing, using knives and axes, starting fires, purifying water and many more. If heroes were...
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May 29, 2023
Session 7, Week 1 While our whole school is built around passion driven learning, all three studios enjoyed Passion Projects as their Session 7 quests. What were the Spark Studio heroes passionate about this week? Here are just a few answers: Triangles! After creating...
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May 15, 2023
Session 6, Week 5 Denouement = the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together, and matters are explained or resolved… a perfect way to describe the last week of Session 6. In the Spark Studio we closed this...
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May 7, 2023
Session 6, Week 4 We’ve all heard the idiom ‘practice makes perfect’. But what if practice doesn’t need to, or even isn’t supposed to make perfect? What if perfection is not our goal, but the goal is actually the process of practicing?...
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Apr 29, 2023
Session 6, Week 3 One day afterschool some Fire Studio heroes were trying to understand the difference between a guide and a teacher. Some didn’t even know what a lecture was. A teacher lecturing is like a parent spoon feeding a child. The parent decides what makes it...
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Apr 24, 2023
Session 6, Week 2 Research suggests that a common human need is not to be agreed with, but simply to be heard. At CHOICE we focus daily on finding and sharing our voice. Heroes have diverse opportunities every day to be heard. And yet, sometimes they still don’t...
Apr 17, 2023
Session 6, Week 1 Welcome Session 6 and Spring! The arrival of both together brings new questions, explorations, quests, challenges, outdoor fun, energy and excitement! (jump to Fire Studio) (jump to MS Studio) In the Spark Studio this session we will be exploring...
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Apr 3, 2023
Session 5, Week 6 Every type of school has its own term or quarter or session. Every term, quarter or session has its own traditions at the end, typically tests and finals. CHOICE (and Acton’s at large) are no different. However, instead of tests and finals, we...
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Mar 27, 2023
Session 5, Week 5 Two months ago Marcus came in and shared his passion with the heroes (voice impersonations). He asked who had a passion that they wanted to share. The heroes formed themselves into similar interest groups and began brainstorming. The Middle School...
