Culminating Leadership Projects: Elevator Pitches
Last week, blog readers indulged in learning about a major component of the Alzar School experience: Demonstrations of Learning. This week we will dive into another component of Alzar School…
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En transición a Sud America
…a Science Teacher and a Blog Coordinator at Alzar School. Feel free to contact her at rackerman@alzar.org with comments, concerns, and interesting topics for future blog posts! Additional Resources: http://www.cultureready.org/blog/why-leaders-need-cultural-competence…
Cyclical Learning
…these skills are important and transferable to their academics and lives back home. Watch the samples below of student Educreation presentations! http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/asoto-educreationsgspieces/21239851/?s=2dHv21&ref=appemail http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/english-growth-demonstration/21274719/?s=RRIM6p&ref=appemail The final assessment is a Demonstration of…
Nantahala Dash
For Rutledge’s Cumulative Leadership Project, he hosted a slalom kayaking race on the Nantahala River. The project was meant to help introduce new kayakers to slalom paddling. Often, slalom paddling…
Clothing and Outdoor Gear Drive for Haywood Street Church
…built bat houses to support the population of bats in the Nantahala National Forest. Henry is now focusing on a project that positively impacts the community directly in Asheville. There…
End of Semester XV – The places, the memories, the people
As 2019 comes to a close and an amazing semester concludes at Alzar School, it is time to reflect upon the places, memories and people who have touched the lives…
Narrating History
…maize, beans, and squash. Our community is a balance between an agricultural community and a hunting and gathering community- depending on the season and availability of resources. I help farm,…
Hiring: Director of Student Life, Equity, and Belonging
…selected candidate starting July 1, 2021. Please find the complete job description here. To apply, visit http://tinyurl.com/AlzarDoSLEB If you are interested in other positions, please visit our Employment Opportunities page….
Revisiting the Klamath River Corridor
…that only comes from experiencing and living in natural environments, away from our comforts of daily structure and connectedness to the social world. While observing faculty leadership in a wilderness…
Analyzing the magical reality… of Chile!
…deduce the greater meaning (or “theme”) of each work – a skill tested for on standardized tests and developed more fully in college seminars. I’ve been impressed in Harkness discussions…
Being SMART
Classes are in full swing as the school is in its third week of academics down in the Lake District of Chile. Coming off of our first two full-length expeditions…
Tribute to Heroes
…history of our community. “We are so grateful to hear about your involvement in this project, and can’t wait to see what we can accomplish as a community” -Reverend Sparkman…