Crossroads FLEX High School offers students the opportunity to participate in District C Teamship, an experiential learning program in which teams of students solve real problems for real businesses. In this example, students at the high school work with a soccer program to solve one of their business challenges.
This November 2021 calendar from Gem Prep Online shares multiple opportunities for virtual students to go to a nearby brick-and-mortar building (within the Gem Prep network) to take school pictures, participate in an after-school club, or play sports. This offers opportunities for virtual students to connect with their peers in person.
Students at VLACS can create their own “experiences”, in which they have the option of participating in independent learning, entrepreneurship, service-learning projects, internships, and travel based upon their interests and talents. This article dives into the stories of two students at VLACS who created their own experience pathway.
Village High School offers students the opportunity to develop their own individual project course (e.g., beekeeping, podcasting) based on their interests, enroll in it for the semester, and complete the course for credit after demonstrating their learning. This course schedule for the 2021-22 school year demonstrates some examples of individual project courses that students can enroll in (listed under “Ind. Projects”).
Students at The Forest School and The Forest School Online engage in quests – real-world challenges around a specific theme that students explore deeply and produce work to showcase at an exhibition. This blog post shares some examples of quests that students worked on across grade levels during January and February 2022.
Students at The Forest School share their experiences of participating in apprenticeships starting in middle school.
High school students at Taos Academy can participate in an internship to receive elective credit. This handbook outlines what students need to do to receive credit along with expectations and guidelines around grading and progress reports.
My Tech High requires students to submit weekly learning logs, a short summary of each student’s educational activities over the course of the week. This video provides a step-by-step look at how students can complete a learning log.
Village High School is a hybrid school that has created a unique schedule for their student body. The school offers “Remote Fridays,” where students can work independently at their own pace from home, or use them as “intensive” days where they can dive deep into an elective and spend a longer block of time on it. This calendar also shows other unique opportunities for students, such as dedicated work weeks or drop-in help sessions at the school.
These examples from Taos Academy demonstrate how different students with unique needs can craft a weekly schedule that best supports their individual learning style as well as personal circumstances.
