One Student at a Time
Shenandoah’s goal is to educate one student at a time and provide a rigorous, relevant and real world education to the students who attend. We believe that students learn best when they are exploring their passions and applying their learning to the world around them. Shenandoah is not a vocational school but we recognize the importance of teaching students how to interact in the world after high school. The school incorporates the outside world into its programs through the LTI (Learning Through Internships) program. Students are experiencing the world beyond school and the program embeds academics into the internship work.
We believe that students will succeed in school when they have a strong connection to at least one adult in the school. As a result the classrooms here are structured differently than in a traditional school. Students have one teacher, called an advisor, for multiple years and stay with the same cohort of classmates for their entire high school experience. The classrooms are self contained because much of the work at Shenandoah is project based and independently motivated. Shenandoah is committed to individualized learning that teaches students critical thinking skills, gives them confidence in their own knowledge and challenges them to achieve at high levels. Ultimately, we strive to transform students into lifelong learners.
At Shenandoah students will create/ complete:
3 Academic, independent study projects per year.
6 Book of interest projects per year.
A minimum of 1 LTI project per year.
300 hours of community service.
Assessment through exhibitions, 60 to 90 minute presentations of work to a panel of peers, parents and the teacher.
