9:15 am – 10:30 am
Seminar: one short text, one question
Bakari Gipson · Long table
The week
Seminar in the morning, projects in the afternoon
Doors open at 8:45. The morning shape stays the same; the afternoons belong to each student's project.
A week in the school year
Monday
10:45 am – 12:00 pm
Math workshop, in groups
Emani Gilchrist · Long table
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
Lunch and yard time
Emani Gilchrist · Back room and yard
12:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Project time, then tidy up
Both guides · Workshop
Tuesday
9:15 am – 10:30 am
Writing workshop
Bakari Gipson · Long table
10:45 am – 12:00 pm
Science bench
Emani Gilchrist · Workshop
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
Lunch and yard time
Emani Gilchrist · Back room and yard
12:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Project time, then tidy up
Both guides · Workshop
Wednesday
9:15 am – 10:30 am
Seminar: one short text, one question
Bakari Gipson · Long table
10:45 am – 12:00 pm
Math workshop, in groups
Emani Gilchrist · Long table
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
Lunch and yard time
Emani Gilchrist · Back room and yard
12:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Project time, or a trip out
Both guides · Workshop
Thursday
9:15 am – 10:30 am
Writing workshop
Bakari Gipson · Long table
10:45 am – 12:00 pm
Reading corner and garden beds
Emani Gilchrist · Reading corner
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
Lunch and yard time
Emani Gilchrist · Back room and yard
12:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Project time, then tidy up
Both guides · Workshop
Friday
9:15 am – 10:30 am
Seminar: one short text, one question
Bakari Gipson · Long table
10:45 am – 12:00 pm
Project work in pairs
Emani Gilchrist · Workshop
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
Lunch and yard time
Emani Gilchrist · Back room and yard
12:45 pm – 2:15 pm
Showing: work in progress, with questions
Both guides · Long table
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Look back and write the Friday note
Both guides · Long table
Sample classes.
Friday ends with a showing of work in progress.
Three kinds of time
What each part of the day is for
Seminar
Everyone reads the same short text, then talks about it. A student opens with a question, others answer and point to the page, and the guides keep track of who has not spoken yet.
Workshops
Math in groups by where each student is, a writing workshop, and the science bench. Short, hands-on and taught by a guide.
Project time
The afternoon in the workshop on the student's own project. A guide checks in with each student every day.
The workshop
Where the afternoons happen
The workshop has a long bench, clamps and hand tools on the wall, and shelves for projects in progress. A guide shows each student a tool before they use it, and one guide is in the room whenever tools are out.
On a Friday the same room is cleared for the showing.
See a week for yourself
A visit day covers a morning of seminar and a look at the workshop.