Work that goes somewhere
Students choose deep-dive projects that explore both the theoretical and the practical. They learn to explore, research and defend their ideas in a supportive cohort of equally inspired and curious learners, building the skills that will let them pursue their passions and find their place.
The marine biology elective meets at the tide pools. Three of them have started keeping their own records, which nobody asked for.
At some point it stops being a class and becomes their project.
Catalina, Idyllwild, Yosemite, Washington
Each year takes students somewhere that teaches something no classroom can. Marine science at the island, astronomy and geology in the mountains, history where it happened. These are not rewards at the end of a unit. They are where part of the year’s work gets done.
By eighth grade, a Knox student has hiked Yosemite with a scientist and argued history in Washington.
Ideas stop being abstract the moment you’re standing in one.
What they are actually doing
Literature and writing
With arguments that have gravitas and hold up.
Mathematics and science
Placed by readiness and taken as far as a student can go.
Deep dive electives
With working experts.
Leadership and voice
Practiced until speaking well in front of people starts feeling natural.
— Knox student, Upper School
And then, high school
By eighth grade a Knox student can hold a position, revise it when something new is learned, and carry that with them as they chart their own path.
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