Not one teacher has applied to transfer since I've been here. I was struck by the humility of the principal, a mark of good leadership. I have a great staff who is helping me out. As I wandered from class to class on my own, I did not see any lecturing going on. It had that Montessori feel to it where students are in small clusters busy at different tasks.
Personal creativity is valued and encouraged.
They are, according to Boyer, 'those universal experiences that are shared by all people, the essential conditions of human existence that give meaning to our lives. Within these eight themes, every traditional subject or academic discipline finds a home. In a science class, they learned about endangered species. As I walked into the media center, the students were being handed books about the rainforest. Thematic learning is not a new idea.