What are the first goals of a learner-driven community? 1. Having Fun 2. Forging relationships – connecting together. Eagles stretched themselves in various team-building activities. Trust Fall – Do you trust your partner if you fall? Drop ball – How many times can you keep the ball in the air with your Squad? Eagles also […]
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Acton Academy is a learner-driven community. This means having plenty of freedom and self-governance. Does freedom results to a decay to Lord of the Flies behavior? It seems different with our Elementary and Middle School studios come together. The Rise of Mixed Studio Checks Elementary Schoolers can ask the entire Middle School studio with 26 Eagle
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The Middle Schoolers finally gathered. They came with positive energy and excited to see each other! Morning Launch We launch the year with the overarching question: Is Truth discovered or created? The Eagles started with mixed views, but eventually convinced each other that the truth is to be discovered. Will this view change? This overarching
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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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We started the Acton KL Elementary School with a 2-week Literacy Program for three of our younger Eagles and personally, there has just been so much to learn. 1. Children understand much more than we think There were a couple of days when the Eagles were more restless and less interested to learn their phonics.
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