The adolescent is:

• An active, self-directed learner

• A vital member of the class, school, city and global community

• A vital member of the teacher - student - parent team

• Responsible for keeping commitments, being honest, and respectful

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The teachers are:

• Facilitators for learning

• Consultants for the students

• Creators of a positive climate for learning

• Communicators with parents and community

• Role models

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The parents are:

• Communicators with their student and teachers

• Support structure for their student

• Directors of a balanced schedule and diet for their student

• An advocate for their student, teachers, and school community

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The school structure offers:

• A learner - centered environment

• A developmentally - responsive curriculum and teaching team of Montessori teachers with additional adults as resources

• Parents - teachers - student partnerships

• Multi - aged groupings of 12-15 & 15-18 year olds

• Large blocks of uninterrupted learning time

• Peer and cross - age teaching

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The curriculum and instruction includes:

• Trans - disciplinary themes

• Learning how to learn strategies

• Personal learning plans

• Mastery, coaching and exploratory activities

• Long-term cooperative learning projects

• A strong sense of community and social interaction with peers

• Meaningful and challenging work

• Activities for self-expression, self knowledge, and self-assessment

• Activities that value all nine intelligences and variety of learning styles

• Activities to foster interdependence

• Activities for learning economic independence

• School and community service projects

• Activities that allow work on and with the land

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