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Education at its very core is about the students that it serves.  I have been fortunate to be in education for over 15 years, serving as a teacher and now as an administrator.  I have had the opportunity to see first hand how different models of education "meet" the growing individual child/student.  Over the last decade, I have taught at Swallowtail School, a local Waldorf school in Hillsboro, Oregon.  The roots of Swallowtail school, are to give the students the experince of outdoor classroom, with an emphasis on environmental education.  One way we are meeting this part of our mission is by giving the students from Preschool through 8th grade the opportunity to farm and garden  on our 26 acres of property.   This curriculum, will allow each student,  parent volunteer and teacher, to breathe fresh air, exercise/ work and gives the awareness of how to see our food grown from seed to harvest.

Innovative education, meets the needs of the students (artistically and developmentally), builds a relationship with the local community and the schools, and makes them realize that they can better serve humanity by working together.  

I am thankful for our sister schools, pulic, private and charter.  

I am equally proud of Swallowtail School, its students, and who we collectively help them become.  Our graduates speak for themselves, and they shine...

come check us out...www.swallowtailschool.org

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