Students were disengaged. Then, the district reimagined freshman year with intensive community-building exercises: Tending to animals, learning to rock climb and running a restaurant. (KQED)
At the Telstar Freshman Academy in Maine, service learning is included as part of the curriculum. Bailey Fraser, 15 , and her stepsister Leah Kimball, 15, volunteer with Edible Bethel during their service learning block.She announced her candidacy at her school’s wooden lectern, decorated with a drawing of a howling wolf.
Demonstrating confidence and speaking about the responsibilities she has fulfilled, EB Hoff, 14, announces her candidacy for class treasurer at the Telstar Freshman Academy’s 4-H center campus in rural Maine. Kelly Dole, who has taught science to freshmen in her Maine school district since 1998, says the recent shift to outdoor project-based learning in the Telstar Freshman Academy “has been a real positive in kids’ lives.”
David Murphy, who has served as the district’s superintendent since 2002 , explained that the approach was born of necessity. “High school is not really working for most kids,” he said. “And it’s certainly not working for small schools with rural kids.”
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