SLIDE 8 About Middle Schools: Non-Zone Schools
Near Northeast Community Engagement School (NECES)
- (NECES) will develop each student to become an active, civically engaged citizen in an intimate
school setting. Civic responsibility will be integrated into the school curriculum. Students will engage in learning experiences that will bring together community resources and organizations, educators, families and youth to support the development of student leadership capacity and the development of student voices to be champions for change within their school and immediate and broader communities. NECES will utilize a personalized learning approach, with an interdisciplinary, project-based curriculum focused on empowering students with skills in critical thinking, action research, problem solving and leadership. Odyssey School of Denver
- A diverse, public, kindergarten through eighth-grade Expeditionary Learning school. We teach
students how to learn through a focus on academic achievement, critical thinking and social responsibility, preparing them for high school and beyond. We draw our direction and strength from Expeditionary Learning Design Principles. The curriculum is designed around rigorous, purposeful, project-based learning expeditions tied to the Common Core State Standards. A student’s learning experience includes a focus on reading and writing through literature, a rigorous math program, computers to develop research and critical thinking skills, fi ne arts, documentation of students’ work through portfolios, regular out-of-school fieldwork and adventures with environmental education.
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