Week 12 in Review: Another Week, Another Milestone
Another week, another milestone. As the learners take on more and more leadership, the Guides continue to step back. We continue to hold up our end of the deal: to provide a safe learning environment; to hold up a mirror to Heroes on the state of the Studio; and to create engaging Quests, challenges, and launches that inspire Heroes to pursue excellence. But an important baton of leadership has been passed to the Heroes themselves. What does this next stage of self-governance look like?
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Apply for the December 1, 2018 Children's Business Fair at Pinewood Forest
We are excited to announce that The Forest School will be hosting another Children's Business Fair on December 1, 2018, from 12-4pm at Pinewood Forest.
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Week 10 in Review: The forest, not the trees
This week, Heroes have been exploring language. What is it, exactly? Are language and communication the same thing? How does language shape the way we think and act? What happens when communication breaks down—when what we meant by our words is misheard, misinterpreted, or misunderstood? Is language unique to people, or does it exist elsewhere in nature?
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Week 9 in Review: Justice, Equality & Opportunity
How do you respond when intentionality dips? What measures should a community put in place to maximize productivity and relationships?
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Week 8 in Review: What are we capable of?
What am I capable of? That's a question always on a hero's mind. Are they up to the challenge? Is the treasure worth it? What help might they need along the way? What happens if they fail?
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Visit The Forest School this Thursday (9/27) and get a behind-the-scenes look!
Imagine this—Anthropologists from the future recreate the space and daily routines of The Forest School with a cultural exhibit. What was this space? What kind of school was it? What were the children like who studied here? From what kind of community did they come? What kind of culture did they create? Come see 9/27/18 from 4:45-6:15pm.
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Week 6 in Review: Does practice make perfect?
There’s a muscle at The Forest School that heroes are beginning to exercise—how to seek, accept, and apply feedback. Those are big concepts, yes, and learners are in the initial stages of understanding what these things mean to them.
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Week 5 in Review: How long before you should ask for help?
It can be difficult making the transition from traditional teacher/school/working habits to the learner-driven environment at The Forest School. Particularly during Core Skills, heroes have struggled with taking charge of their own learning when the rubber hits the road. Once a new concept becomes “hard”, their first instinct has been to reach out for help.
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What if high school was designed to "fit" learners? Not the other way around.
If you don’t already know, we’re formally launching our high school next year—Fall 2019. We admitted one high schooler this year to help us design the high school. In fact, he may be reaching out to you (current and prospective parents) to interview you!
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Week 4 Year 1 in Review: A Quest is born!
During a launch this week, Heroes were reflecting on their Labor Day adventures when the conversation veered toward the culture they are building at The Forest School. One hero started us off. "My grandparents kept asking me about school, and I didn't know how to put everything in words." "Yeah!" another jumped in. "It's impossible to describe what we do here!" "Well," I said, "Try. If you could describe the school in one sentence, what would you say?"
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Week 3 Year 1 in Review
What a fun week! This week as a team we focused on one of our school's core design anchors—Enthusiastically Diverse and Relationship-Centered—and thought about how we could make this anchor evident in each of our learning experiences. We drew inspiration from Maya Angelou…
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More inclusivity and less in-group bias at school—Our latest and best thinking
We care deeply about creating an inclusive environment and addressing in-group bias at The Forest School. Here’s how we are working towards that goal.
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Team Update!
The Forest School team continues to grow with warm hearted and tough minded professionals who will guide our heroes. We're thrilled to introduce you to Ashley, Mary Faith, and Joan!
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Real World Learning in Week One—Experts in Design
What if school were more like real life? Today our elementary and middle school heroes welcomed three "external experts" into their Studios to give feedback on their first Quest called Design the Studio.
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Happy to announce that Louis Allen will lead Physical Education at The Forest School in our founding year
We are thrilled to share that we have reached an agreement with GoPerformance and Fitness in Peachtree City for their coach Louis Allen to guide Physical Education at The Forest School!
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Welcoming our Founding Apprentice Guide—Amber Bryant—to The Forest School!
We are thrilled to announce that Amber Bryant will be Founding Apprentice Guide at The Forest School! As Apprentice Guide, Amber will play a crucial role in both elementary and middle school studios, guiding learners, leading Socratic discussions, designing Quests, establishing community partnerships, and more.
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An opportunity to support young entrepreneurs in south metro Atlanta...
This Saturday (June 16), 28 “kidpreneurs” from across south metro Atlanta will launch or showcase businesses such as jewelry, food, golf help, dog treats, planters, pottery, clothing, and more.
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Welcoming Yvette Cook Darby as Board Member of The Forest School!
We are thrilled to announce that Yvette Cook Darby will be a Founding Board member of The Forest School!
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Announcing The Forest School's first "Overarching Question"!
We're thrilled to share that after great discussion, brainstorming, and feedback from learners, parents, and Guides, we have "landed the plane" on an overarching question for The Forest School's inaugural year. The 2018-2019 overarching question will be...
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