by katrinad | Sep 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Session 1 Week 4 At the Freedom Lights Festival this week, we had the opportunity to listen to many Hero’s Journey stories. I am always grateful for the reminders of the sacrifices that were made to procure our freedoms. There was also a presentation on the...
by katrinad | Sep 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
Session 1, Week 3 There’s something beautifully disorienting about the start of a new school year – new spaces, new rhythms, new faces. And in a learner-driven environment like CHOICE, “finding our way” doesn’t mean following a map — it means building one...
by katrinad | Sep 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Session 1, Week 2 We often talk about giving 100%—whether in effort, focus, or commitment. But when it comes to accountability, we set our sights higher. At CHOICE, our heroes aim for 200% accountability: 100% for holding themselves to a standard of excellence and...
by katrinad | Sep 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Session 1, Week 1 After a hero accepts their call to adventure they enter “the Special World.” CHOICE heroes accepted their call to start at CHOICE this year and this week began exploring their special world. What does that exploration look like in each studio? In the...
by katrinad | Aug 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Session 1, Week 0 The first day of a new school year, with new studios, new guides, a new building and yet, the same old goals! What do we hope for on the first day? That heroes feel welcomed, get out of their comfort zone, begin getting to know one another and start...
by katrinad | Jun 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Session 7 Week 3 On Thursday at the splash pad, a guide was sitting on a park bench watching the heroes play at the playground. She struck up a conversation with a grandma, unrelated to CHOICE, sitting next to her. The Grandma immediately said, “These children are so...
