Anything Grows Community School | 100 E. Maple St | Bellingham, WA, 98225 | 360.527.2884

Competence:

To be competent requires knowledge, skills and thinking ability. Our children are encouraged to challenge themselves personally, holistically and academically. They are assisted to develop the power to observe keenly; to gain a thorough understanding of the subject at hand; to think through a problem toward creative solutions (keeping the desired end result in mind); and to apply their knowledge to real world situations and problems.Because learning occurs best when children are motivated by their own interests, our students are encouraged to pursue those topics which appeal to them most. Adult facilitators pay attention to individual student interests and work with the children to ensure that those interests are reflected in project and curriculum offerings. We also evaluate with the children and parents their individual needs and co-design individual work and/or tutoring to broaden their knowledge or skills.

Responsibility:

As children participate in decision making for curriculum and project planning and for themselves and their classes, they continually improve the skills needed to be self directed and contributing members of a group. Adult facilitators and children work out mutual agreements about individual and class goals, and plans for achieving them. Thus, their school experience is the training ground to increasingly direct their own learning and lives, and to become responsible world citizens.


Partnership between adults and children:

Adults and children plan community activities that range from school-wide field outings and camping trips, to project presentation events, to collaborative art and community service projects. At times the larger community of families will join these activities; at others primarily children and staff will participate. All school activities are open to parents wishing to join in.

 

 

Consensus:
This approach allows children to experience and adopt respectful and empathic ways of communicating, resolving differences of opinion, coming to mutual agreements, and making decisions as a community. Council assures that there is equal opportunity to speak in the group setting, that every person both speaks and listens from the heart, and that the intention of the group is honored. Nonviolent Communication trains us in observation, non-judgmental speaking and thinking, self responsibility, empathetic listening and clear communication. Our use of these communication systems supports harmonious movement toward community goals and assures that individual feelings and needs are supported.

 


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