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Based on your personal experiences and discussion with Dr. Mckinnon, answer the following questions:

1. What is the purpose of this school? Jasmine C, Christian, Jear Bear To experiment with different types of learning by using inquiry as the basis and using different materials to learn. 2. What does the physical space look like? Describe the school setting, what does this tell us about what matters? What is valued in this form of schooling? Jasmine C., Christian, Jear Bear Maps, flags, concrete walls, motivational posters, colourful decor, windows. 3. What is the curriculum? What is worth knowing? What is not valued? 4. How is success determined in this form of schooling?

Chase, Amy, Duncan //__** 1.)What is the purpose of this school? To get children learning in new and unique ways. It is an experiment for new projects, ways of learning and interaction.
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2. )What does the physical space look like? Describe the school setting, what does this tell us about what matters? What is valued in this form of schooling? Most teachers stand by the smartboard and often use it. Meaning that we value technoloy. We aref all facing the projection board. Unfortunately, we only have one window, no AC and you feel trapped in. It is loaded with useless things that are never ever used thus making it crowded and hot. The classrooms are pretty torn up and groggy. The baseboards are very broken up, some droors are tor charis n. The walls are ugly coloured. The lights are gross and depressing. Once you think about it it is not a great learning environment. The are very uncomfortable. When its hot it is very hard to focus and learn. We need AC, comfy chairs, pale(ish) yellow walls, the lights give everyone one a headache, no one likes them. Everything contributes to a very hard place to learn. we need new blinds

3.) What is the curriculum? What is worth knowing? What is not valued? We are focused on learning new and unique ways. Pillars: Inquiry Outdoor Ed and tech

4.) How is success determined in this form of schooling?

The purpose of this school is to teach students to teach themselves. To allow students to find the answer through inquiry without telling the students direct answers and how to solve them. This school is very hands on in their learning style compared to public school where the answer is most of the time just given to you. We also want to base the school around 3 main things. Inquiry, technology, and outdoor education. We are one of the lucky schools that are allowed, and able to go on fieldtrips away from this city. Our physical space is not too square, or plain, but it is not a party space. In our minds, it is one of the better learning environments, but like we said above, it is not a very enthusiastic place to spend 7 hours of your day. Our values are the inquiry part of learning, technology, and outdoor ed. What is not valued is more of the individual part of learning. Our curriculum is based a lot of the history part of the world, like this year, the history of Europe, and the renaissance; The Japanese, and their history of the Edo and Meiji period. We will also be learning about the Spanish and the Aztec. This is the stuff that it worth knowing to our school. Although this information is important to know if you decide to take this information as a career path, it would seem unimportant and unnecessary to someone who wants to become a taxi driver. Our success is determined by getting good grades, or doing really well on an assigned project. We can also determine success by maybe contacting a expert and getting a response back.
 * 1. What is the purpose of this school? **
 * 2. What does the physical space look like? Describe the school setting, what does this tell us about what matters? What is valued in this form of schooling? **
 * 3. What is the curriculum? What is worth knowing? What is not valued? **
 * 4. How is success determined in this form of schooling? **
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** Mircea Papuc, Ben Murphy **** >:( Lyndon Bunio **

1. What is the purpose of this school? It is an experimental school to try out new things and then if they work out well the curriculum can be used in other schools such as public schools. The students in the school are looked at by other school instructors to see if the experimental method of learning is a success.

2. What does the physical space look like? Describe the school setting, what does this tell us about what matters? What is valued in this form of schooling? The physical space of our school is fairly similar to most puiblic schools, meaning it is a building with some windows and enclosed classrooms for the children to learn in. But in this form of schooling different things are valued such as, inquiry learning, where student are taught to answer their own questions and look beyond the classroom for knowledge.

3. What is the curriculum? What is worth knowing? What is not valued? The curriculum is similar to those of other schools when it comes to the core subjects such as; math, science, social studies, and language arts. However considering we have an inquiry process we go about learning in different methods with different types of projects.

4. How is success determined in this form of schooling? Of course with your grades, though it can also be with being prepared for the real business world, by learning the inquiry process well. **