"Teaching in Expeditionary Learning schools fosters curiosity about the world by creating learning situations that provide something important to think about, time to experiment, and time to make sense of what is observed." - elschools.org
BCS is a member of the national network of Expeditionary Learning Schools, which promotes rigorous and engaging curriculum; active, inquiry-based pedagogy; and a school culture that demands and teaches compassion and good citizenship. The ELS approach is experiential and project-based, and uses learning expeditions to involve students in original research, with experts, to create high-quality products for audiences beyond the classroom.
We encourage our students to think in many ways:
- by allowing them to choose their own books to read
- by offering choices of writing topics and choices of selective classes
- by encouraging discussion, debate, and reflection in all classes
- by getting them out of school to museums, colleges, work-sites and natural environments
- by bringing in experts in fields related to our studies
For more information on Expeditonary Learning Schools, visit www.elschools.org. To learn more about our learning expeditions by grade, click here.
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