Month: October 2013

Fifteen Year T-shirts Are In!

Fairhaven School celebrates its 15th anniversary this year.  With it will come a fun-filled celebration sure to have something for everyone on November 23rd.  Amongst other things, we are planning to dedicate a new tree in the Circle Garden, collaborate on participatory art installations, and have a Words in the Woods reading with alumni novelist…

Changing Education Paradigms (Sir Ken Robinson video)

As an arts educator and alumni parent of Fairhaven School, I have experienced instances where I have had to validate to friends, parents, colleagues, etc. why I felt a Sudbury model education was preferable over a traditional public school one. While the Sudbury philosophy is not new, it goes against the paradigm formed during the…