Codman Academy Charter School
637 Washington Street
Dorshester, Mass. 02124
(617) 287-0700 x 103
Meg Campbell, Principal
http://www.codmanacademy.org
This public high school serves a mostly minority student population in Dorchester,
MA. and is guided by the principles of Expeditionary Learning. An equal emphasis
is placed on intellectual and character development, with emphasis on an ethic
of service and a healthy life style. There is a strong emphasis on post-secondary
education.
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El Puente Academy for Peace & Justice
211 South 4th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Tel (718)599-2895
Fax (718)599-3087
Alfa Anderson, Principal
http://www.nycboe.net/OurSchools/Region8/K685/default.htm
El Puente Academy is a four year, comprehensive high school whose mission is
to inspire and nurture leadership for peace and justice. El Puente strives in
all activities to create community, develop love and caring, achieve mastery
and promote peace and justice. These goals are based on a view of human beings
as holistic, thriving in collective self-help, seeking safety and requiring
respect.
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Environmental & Adventure School
Finn Hill Jr. High
8040 N.E. 132nd St.
Kirkland, WA 98034
425-825-1411
Eileen McMackin, Lead teacher
http://wwweas.lkwash.wednet.edu/
This middle school is one of a growing number of “choice,” thematically
focused schools where students achieve academic, personal and social goals in
a challenging educational program with an environmental focus.
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The Environmental Middle School
2421 Se Orange Street
Portland, OR. 97214
(503) 916-6490
Sarah Taylor, Principal
http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools-c/pages/environmental/
EMS is a small, multicultural, urban public middle school drawing students from
all of Portland's diverse neighborhoods. They teach a holistic, integrated curriculum.
Exploring themes of their many overlapping environments, students develop academic
knowledge and skills while demonstrating personal and social responsibility
for all living things.
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Greenfield Center School
71 Montague City Road
Greenfield, MA 0130
413-773-1700
Laura Baker, Principal
http://www.centerschool.net
This independent K-8 school started as a laboratory school of the Northeast
Foundation for Children where their highly acclaimed program The Responsive
Classroom was developed. Their program is an excellent example of integrating
social and academic learning and building a strong learning community.
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Hudson Public Schools
155 Apsley St
Hudson, MA 01749
(978) 567-6100
Sheldon Berman, Superintendent
http://www.hudson.k12.ma.us/
All six schools in this exemplary district reflect a commitment to educating
for social responsibility as an integral part of rigorous academic learning.
Character education, social skills and ethical development, community service
learning, inquiry-based learning and a democratized learning environment all
serve to support Hudson’s core values of empathy, ethics and service.
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Mast Landing School-Soule Program
116 Bow Street, Freeport, Maine 04032
(207) 865-4561 X 4
Mr Gene Berg, Teaching Principal
http://www.freeportpublicschools.org/mls/mlshome.html
The Soule Program (grades 3-5) is one of three programs of choice in this elementary
school. Their philosophy emphasizes the importance of student, as well as teacher
choice. Soule is distinguished by an emphasis on decision-making and responsibility,
multi-graded classrooms, teachers as specialists in a particular subject area,
with children seeing two main teachers each day.
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Jefferson County Open School
7655 West 10th Avenue, Lakewood, Colorado 80215
(303) 982-7045
Bonnie Walters, Principal
http://jeffcoweb.jefco.k12.co.us/high/jcos/
This is an alternative, public program consisting of a pre-school, early learning
center, intermediate area, middle and high school. Their educational philosophy
is student-centered, emphasizing the whole person, learning by doing, a community
service and social justice orientation and the full development of each student’s
personal potential.
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The Metropolitan Regional Career & Technical Center
(The Met)
The Big Picture Company:
275 Westminster Street
Suite 500, Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 456-0600
Fax: (401) 456-0606
Dennis Littky and Elliot Washor, Co-Directors
http://www.metcenter.org/
The Met is a small public high school open to all students in Rhode Island.
The school educates one student at a time, so each student's curriculum is determined
by his or her unique interests, background, and learning styles. All students
work on projects in real-world settings related to their interests and develop
strong relationships with teachers and project mentors.
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The New School @ SouthShore
8825 Rainier Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98118
(206)252-6560
Gary Tubbs, Principal
http://www.seattleschools.org/schools/southshore/
This new, K-8 public school’s vision is to create a loving community of
purposeful learning that focuses on the whole child: mind, body and spirit.
Their mission is to view each child as a bright spirit on a magnificent journey
in their quest to contribute powerfully to the healing of humanity and Mother
Earth.
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