By: Parker Hays MEMPHIS, Tenn. (localmemphis.com) – The new Crosstown High finally opened its doors to their inaugural freshman class this week. According to Principal Chandra Sledge Mathias, students can look forward to a curriculum-based around partnerships with over 40 local businesses within Crosstown Concourse. “The partners in this building are really excited about working with […]
By Nic WackerlyTrail-Gazette As Eagle Rock School celebrates their 25 years of learning, they have reflected on the key learnings experienced with both the Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center. “We have been in a reflective mode in the last year, just in terms of what have we learned in the last 25 years,” […]
BEYOND THE CAMPS “Profile on” Japanese Americans in the Performing Arts Meghan Tokunaga-Scanlon, Part 2 by Margaret Ozaki Graves Recently, I was lucky enough to travel to Estes Park to visit the beautiful mountain campus of Eagle Rock School and meet with Meghan Tokunaga-Scanlon, a Colorado native performer and educator in the performing arts. As mentioned […]
By: Tom Liszka As part of its NextUp initiative to interest teens in tech careers, in 2017, CompTIA partnered with the FUSE program at Northwestern University to expand and enrich STEAM learning for middle and high school students around the country. Sara Benge With support from NextUp, Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center in Estes Park, CO, received a new FUSE Studio […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Episode 32 takes us to the Eagle Rock School & Professional Development Center in CO and a conversation with Michael Soguero, a founding member and Director of Professional Development at the Center. Located in Estes Park, Colorado, with an enrollment of 72 students, Eagle Rock School implements practices that foster each student’s unique […]
Meghan Tokunaga-Scanlon, Part 1 by Margaret Ozaki Graves This month, we begin a two-part interview with Meghan Tokunaga-Scanlon, an energetic and passionate music educator, who leads music, theatre and dance programming at Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center in Estes Park, Colorado. Meg is a Colorado native and has extensive experience as a singer […]
SparkHouse is a national community of young leaders from learner-centered environments who are committed to transforming education in the United States. Acting as powerful advocates and leaders in the learner-centered movement, these learners are a driving force in the national education conversation. On November 3rd and 4th, 2016, Education Reimagined held its first SparkHouse convening. […]
Eagle Rock School is performing their annual musical next week on Thursday, April 5 to Saturday April 7 at the Ruesch Auditorium at the YMCA…
Jon Anderson is a Colorado educator at Eagle Rock School, a tuition-free alternative high school specifically designed to engage kids who haven’t had success in traditional learning environments. Anderson’s interest in teaching is focused on building relationships with individual students, an emphasis that led him to a school with an untraditional learning structure: “I was […]
For Jon Anderson, trust is the foundation of learning. Now in his 16th year as a teacher at Eagle Rock, a nationally recognized tuition-free residential high school in Estes Park for students nationwide who commit to reengaging in their education, Anderson’s ability to connect with his students through the nontraditional nature of their curriculum has […]