"Do not train
children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their
minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the
genius of each."
- Plato
Now Accepting
Registrations for 2010
- Tuition-free, California Public Charter
School
- Project-based, student-driven, inquiry
learning, wherein students construct their own meaning through action
- Arts, languages, integrated science and
ecoliteracy
- Teachers "loop" with their
classes, staying with students from Kindergarten through the 2nd Grade
- Integrated, themed instruction challenging
learners to imagine and create the best possible future
- Piano, Spanish, Yoga, Art, Dance,
& Garden/Nature Experiences
- HEART/EARTH Curriculum:
Humanities, Engineering, Arts, Research, and Technology
- Brain-, inquiry-, and project-based service
learning
- Building hope, capacity, and careers in a
green, just and sustainable future
- Daily garden, outdoor, and field
experiences, studying local food-, energy- and water-sheds, seed-banking, sample
collecting, composting, vermiculture, etc.
- Emphasis on compassionate historical and
cultural perspectives, retracing the journey of pre-humans and humans through pre-history
and history - into the present day and into tomorrow
- Artists in residence, puppets, and dance
dance dance!
- Culture of radical kindness, participation,
belonging, service, good manners and good listening.
619.255.9580
Fax: 619.255.3286
welcome@xaraschools.org

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Journaling at Mission Trails Regional
Park |
The schools of the Xara Learning Village rise
at a crossroads of evolved movements in:
· developmental and
positive psychology ·
· neuroscience and brain-based learning ·
· inquiry-, project- and problem-based learning ·
· multi-disciplinary, integrated curriculum ·
· environmental sciences and sustainability ·
· place-based learning and ecoliteracy ·
· servant-leadership and service-learning ·
· multi-lingual, international education ·
· design, and the physical and digital arts ·
Here, it all starts
in a garden.

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