But by any standard measures, Garehime has become a success story. And students here scored well above national and district average-percentile ranks in reading, math, language, and science. Garehime's microsociety is a model for building leaders when you have few resources but lots of passion. Fifth-grader Amanda Lewis will be sorry to leave Garehime when she graduates next year. And life skills are so much better than rules, because they help you figure out what's right and what's wrong.
Parents have tangible proof that the program is working.
As a first-grader at another school, she read at the bottom level of her class. Summers doesn't want Garehime to be an exceptional experience among schools. She would like to see it become the norm. I am an adult college student.