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The Woodworking Program

Overview

One of the unique aspects of our curriculum is that it reaches students at more than one level. These levels are often summarized as “head, heart, and hands” and “thinking, willing, and feeling.” By carefully integrating a rich, developmentally appropriate curriculum success in one subject leads to growth in seemingly unrelated areas of life. The inclusion of woodworking is a prime example. Woodworking encourages students to reach deep within themselves for unused and undiscovered skills and capacities. These new capacities are then also available for other aspects of life.

Making a bluebird house

Blue birds are native to California, but are increasingly threatened by careless development and displacement by more aggressive invading species. Bluebird house, when correctly built can help protect this species.

MySpace and Facebook

Nothing is private on the Web. College admission staff and employers check the Web to see how candidates represent themselves online. Students need frequent reminders that sharing personal information carries risks and that indiscretions now can come back to haunt them later in life.