about New Caanan Country School!
Kim Jones
--- Pamela Livingston <livingstonp@mac.com> wrote:
> Hi Kimberly,
>
> Welcome to ISED-L. I've been a member since
> something like 1994!
>
> There are two schools you may want to find out more
> about - New
> Canaan Country Day in CT where Tim Bazemore is head
> and The Willow
> School in Gladstone, NJ. Both are committed to the
> environment in
> the school and in curriculum.
>
> Best regards,
> Pamela
>
> On Oct 7, 2007, at 8:59 AM, Kim Jones wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > My name is Kimberly Jones. I am the Chair of the
> Board of an
> > independent
> > school in formation in Chittenden County, Vermont,
> just south of
> > Burlington.
> >
> > Opening in phases beginning in 2008, Champlain
> Valley Independent
> > School
> > will promote a commitment to life-long
> environmental responsibility by
> > incorporating ecology, sustainability education
> and conservation
> > principles
> > throughout its program, an effort captured in the
> School's motto
> > "green
> > school, green future." In so doing it hopes to
> ultimately become the
> > greenest school in Vermont, and one of the top
> twenty greenest in the
> > nation. You can read more about us at
> cvischool.org.
> >
> > As you all would know better than most, starting a
> school is no small
> > project. Indeed, it is huge. Even the subprojects
> are large.
> >
> > One subproject I was hoping that perhaps some of
> you might be
> > helpful with,
> > is curriculum development. We are working on
> building a rigorous,
> > yet joyful
> > curriculum that is particularly strong in math and
> science and is
> > interwoven
> > with environmental education. If any of you have
> any suggestions in
> > this
> > regard, or detailed curricula you might be willing
> to let us look
> > at we
> > would be most grateful.
> >
> > Any other suggestions are of course welcomed as
> well! By the way,
> > some of
> > you may perhaps know one member of our Board,
> Cammy Passarella,
> > formerly
> > Lower School and Assistant Head of Potomac School.
> She is my Mom!
> >
> > Thanks so much,
> > Kim Jones
> >
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>
> -------------------------------------------
> Pamela Livingston
> livingstonp@mac.com
> Author of "1-to-1 Learning: Laptop Programs That
> Work"
> writer, presenter, consultant
> Web: http://www.pamelalivingston.com
> Blog: http://1-to-1learning.blogspot.com
> 973-476-4819
>
>
>
>
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