All posts in the High School Series have been written by our very own incoming high school students. Together, these students are utilizing their creativity and their voices in order to create the high school that they envision. The Verdi Eco School: A Community That I Love The Verdi EcoSchool is the best school I’ve ever experienced, and I know that my peers and their parents feel the same way. In this environment, everyone supports you; your peers support you, your teachers support you, and even the greater community supports you. Here, you experience real life situations and you are able to find real life solutions with the help of those around. At my other schools, the community doesn’t
All posts in the High School Series have been written by our very own incoming high school students. Together, these students are utilizing their creativity and their voices in order to create the high school that they envision. More Than A Number: Verdi EcoSchool is an organization founded on kindness and acceptance. For that reason, it’s been important to my family and my younger brother in particular, who I won’t name here for privacy reasons. My brother went to public school from preschool until the third grade. In the third grade, he was bullied by classmates to the point where he had to be picked up early most days. Though the abuse was mostly verbal, it took a toll on his mental and p
"We are all in this together." - Power of Unity, Conscious Discipline In cooperatively run schools, parents stand alongside educators and students to shape the growth and progress of the educational environment. Within this setting all stakeholders work together to build a school that honors the needs of all children, inspires families to become active participants and facilitates meaningful connections to the greater community. Cultivation of this ongoing partnership is not an easy feat, and finding collaborative solutions to problems can often seem daunting. In a diverse School Family, where each individual brings their own unique set of values to the table, finding common ground is an exe
