This week at Acton KL, the Eagles moved forward with their SMART goals. More Eagles were keeping track of their goals and challenging themselves to achieve more. Yay! We started the week with “How can we focus better to achieve our goals?” Some Eagles chose to have fixed seating arrangements in order to help them […]
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The first week of Session 3 launched with a dilemma! You are an entomologist and you have been sent to look for a rare caterpillar, whose venom is poisonous but may be able to cure cancer. One night in your tent, you are woken up by a tickling sensation on your hand… it is the
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Time flies! Our sprint is coming to an end. We will be having our second exhibition this coming Wednesday, 25th January, at 10:30 a.m. 🙂 We started Monday with our weekly SMART goals. Our Eagles are getting more familiar with the new SMART goals system. Every morning before Core Skills time, we spend fifteen minutes
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Welcome back to Sprint 2! I cannot believe we are already in our second sprint for the year. A very big thank you to our founding families for embarking on this journey with us. Our Eagles quickly got to work as they returned from the break. Right off the bat, they re-rooted themselves in the
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After three weeks of preparation, we have finally come to Exhibition Day. Practice makes perfect. The Eagles started the day with a quick briefing, followed by dry runs and rounds of feedback from the ActonKL team. Focused as Miss Caryn gave a briefing on today’s agenda Practicing registration Practicing giving a speech Practicing exhibition of
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One more week to go before our first Public Exhibition! Can’t believe it is almost here. We kicked off Week 5 with a video of Brooke Raboutou, a young, motivated climber who had 7 records under her belt by 11 years old and is constantly challenging herself and breaking barriers to chase after her goals.
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Two more weeks to go till Acton KL’s first Public Exhibition! For the past three weeks, the Eagles spent time identifying who they are as a community and building their tribe culture. However, this week, we turned inward to reflect upon who we are as individuals. We kicked off the week with the “Seeds of
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Yay, we made it! We are now three weeks into Sprint 1. Our Eagles are slowly getting into a rhythm, navigating through their daily schedule and understanding Acton’s systems and processes. We started the week with a teambuilding challenge called Trust Walk on Monday morning. During this activity, half of the Eagles were blindfolded and
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Week 2 started off with an introduction to setting SMART Goals (S-Specific, M-Measurable, A-Achievable, R-Relevant, T-Timely). Our Elementary School Eagles are teaming up with the Middle School Eagle Buddies to work on their SMART goals together. This support group will meet at least twice a week on Mondays and Fridays to discuss their goals. Through
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Welcome to Year One of Acton KL! This exciting journey for Miss Caryn and our eight curious Eagles launched with a look 20 years into the future. There were endless possibilities – inventors, YouTubers, veterinarians, chefs, coaches and more. Eagles’ first topic of discussion – “How can we find out if something is true?” “Each
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