Other Innovative High Schools
New Roots is one of many innovative high schools focused on educating students holistically. Using experiential learning, small classrooms and place-based education, these schools address issues of sustainability and social justice within their community and the world at large. Below is a glimpse of progressive schools across the U.S. and throughout the world educating students to become active and responsible citizens.
Green Charter Schools Network aims to support and strengthen school which focus on educating students about their relationship and responsibility to the environment. New Roots is a member of this network, along with many other charter schools.
Common Ground (9-12)
New Haven, Connecticut
Similar to New Roots, Common Ground focuses on environmental learning and producing leaders with healthy and sustainable life practices. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, Common Ground developed a farm that provides food to urban residents, offering a model for sustainable agriculture.
http://www.commongroundct.org/
Tapestry Charter School (k-12)
Buffalo, NY
Tapestry seeks to integrate a passion for learning into the lives of each student. Similar to the mission at New Roots, Tapestry aims to provide challenging academics that produce critical thinkers and active leaders in society.
http://www.tapestryschool.org/
Wisconsin River Academy Charter School
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Akin to New Roots, Wisconsin River Academy is an environmental experience-based learning high school. Believing that there are alternative ways of educating, Wisconsin River Academy gives students experience in an interdisciplinary curriculum focused on their relationship to the environment around them.
www.wisconsinriveracademy.org
The Journeys School (Pre-K-12)
Jackson, Wyoming
With a focus on experiential learning, the Journeys School, like New Roots, uses an interdisciplinary curriculum to encourage creativity, collaboration and communication to produce active and compassionate citizens.
http://www.tetonscience.org/index.cfm?id=journeys_home
Ecole d'Humanite (K-12)
Goldern, Switzerland
The Ecole is an international school that aims to spark students' passion through action. Aligned with the mission of New Roots, the Ecole encourages creative and critical thinking through personal experience in nature.
http://www.ecole.ch/english/framesecolee.html
Community High School (9-12)
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Community High uses intimate classroom settings as well as the surrounding environment to strengthen individual and community responsibility. Like New Roots, CHS uses community resources as critical tools in educating.
http://communityhigh.org/about/
Casco Bay High School (9-12)
Portland, Maine
Casco Bay focuses on educating students through intensive expeditions. Similar to New Roots, Casco Bay is a small school where student take active responsibility and faculty knows individuals intimately.
http://cbhs.portlandschools.org/
Marin Academy (9-12)
San Rafael, California
Experiential learning is essential to the pedagogy at Marin Academy. Parallel to the mission at New Roots, Marin Academy believes that individual thought and action are vital aspects to high school education.
http://www.ma.org/