Over the past several weeks, the students delved into nutrition, body image, and the effects social media can have on teen confidence and self worth. By the end of this unit, the students felt very strongly about this topic and created social media messages to share. Below we are highlighting some of those messages that […]
Cultivating kindness
Our very small intimate school community has recently experienced a loss. Our students, in their own ways, found ways to support the collective community. In a world where adolescents are often described as cruel, or mean, our students took it upon themselves to appropriately provide support. While this may seem trivial, and vague (for privacy), even […]
This is our community
Community can be challenging in almost all circumstances. There is always room for miscommunication; hurt feelings; social anxieties; differences of opinion. I think that is why I am always in awe of the beautiful community that is emerging in our fully virtual online school. It goes against the commonly believed idea that online equals less community, […]
Who gets to decide what is beautiful?
People often ask me why I choose to work with adolescents. Other than the reason that adolescents and I both like chocolate a lot, I tend to answer this question by providing stories that I have collected over time. Last week, I had the opportunity to add one more story to my memory bank. Over the […]