Open Woods, July 15, 2017, 10am-12 noon
SAVE THE DATE! Come meet the teachers, and participate in a stimulating morning of family activities including art projects, treats by the campfire, and chats with parents and kids from this past year’s programming. Don’t miss out on this fun morning with Raven’s Wood Staff. FREE.
Please RSVP too: ravenswoodschoolvt@gmail.com
Open Woods event location: 1046 Poor Farm Road, Thetford Center, VT 05075
Please RSVP too: ravenswoodschoolvt@gmail.com
Open Woods event location: 1046 Poor Farm Road, Thetford Center, VT 05075
Raven's Wood Home-School Discussion, July 17, 2017, 10am-12 noon
A Note from the Director to ALL families, public-schooled or home-schooled:
I have heard from many folks about desires to home-school their kids that really can’t be fulfilled by the family, or desires for Raven’s Wood to be full-time. I have an optional idea that I would like to discuss: I can home-school your child for you. I am a certified VT elementary teacher, and have been since 1998. I would LOVE a pilot program at Raven’s Wood. The cost would be around $8,000 a year, less if there were more than 5 kids involved. The school year would be 170 days, give or take, as it would still be a home-school environment and an absence would be fine. It could be like a Co-Op, and you would help determine the calendar. One day a week would include Raven’s Wood School, as usual, and 4 days a week would be one-half day of lessons, and one-half day outside. Lessons could be outside, too, but one-half day outside everyday is essential to my beliefs in child development on a healthy level. You’d help set the time too, like 8-3, or 8:30-3:30, or a 7-hour period that worked for the majority. This boils down to $50/day, and an amazing elementary education, like none other. All kids would be taught at their level. Lessons would be in the Raven’s Wood basement, our kitchen upstairs, and in the forest, on the land, at base camp, and in the wilderness tent.
If you’d like to be part of this conversation, please join me on July 17th at 10am at Raven’s Wood. RSVP is essential so I know who will be coming. If you are planning on coming to our Open Woods on July 15th, and staying afterwards would be more convenient, please let me know. The more folks at the table for this conversation, the better. This could be a nice bridge from Raven’s Wood programs to possible full-time programming. You sign up for homeschooling with the State, and I do the work. The cost would include portfolios and end-of-year reports for the State.
Please let me know as soon as you can, and please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested.
Thank you!
Cindy Perry, Creative Director
ravenswoodschoolvt@gmail.com
www.ravenswoodindependentschool.org
802-785-4459
1046 Poor Farm Rd.
Thetford Ctr., Vermont 05075
I have heard from many folks about desires to home-school their kids that really can’t be fulfilled by the family, or desires for Raven’s Wood to be full-time. I have an optional idea that I would like to discuss: I can home-school your child for you. I am a certified VT elementary teacher, and have been since 1998. I would LOVE a pilot program at Raven’s Wood. The cost would be around $8,000 a year, less if there were more than 5 kids involved. The school year would be 170 days, give or take, as it would still be a home-school environment and an absence would be fine. It could be like a Co-Op, and you would help determine the calendar. One day a week would include Raven’s Wood School, as usual, and 4 days a week would be one-half day of lessons, and one-half day outside. Lessons could be outside, too, but one-half day outside everyday is essential to my beliefs in child development on a healthy level. You’d help set the time too, like 8-3, or 8:30-3:30, or a 7-hour period that worked for the majority. This boils down to $50/day, and an amazing elementary education, like none other. All kids would be taught at their level. Lessons would be in the Raven’s Wood basement, our kitchen upstairs, and in the forest, on the land, at base camp, and in the wilderness tent.
If you’d like to be part of this conversation, please join me on July 17th at 10am at Raven’s Wood. RSVP is essential so I know who will be coming. If you are planning on coming to our Open Woods on July 15th, and staying afterwards would be more convenient, please let me know. The more folks at the table for this conversation, the better. This could be a nice bridge from Raven’s Wood programs to possible full-time programming. You sign up for homeschooling with the State, and I do the work. The cost would include portfolios and end-of-year reports for the State.
Please let me know as soon as you can, and please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested.
Thank you!
Cindy Perry, Creative Director
ravenswoodschoolvt@gmail.com
www.ravenswoodindependentschool.org
802-785-4459
1046 Poor Farm Rd.
Thetford Ctr., Vermont 05075