Big Ideas, Real Impact.
Curriculum
At Satori School, learning is designed to engage the whole child through creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and hands-on exploration. Our curriculum encourages students to ask questions, solve problems, express ideas in different ways, and take an active role in their education. By combining individualized learning opportunities with a supportive and engaging environment, Satori helps students build confidence, curiosity, and a lifelong love of learning.
Content
Content, such as subject areas and topics:
involves multiple intelligences
utilizes integrated thematic instruction
includes multiple levels of difficulty
leads to open-ended activities and questions
values the process each individual uses to learn
Processes
Students are taught strategies and processes to deal with:
personal challenges
academic challenges
We foster respect by:
valuing individual views, processes, and feelings
using multiple intelligences
offering choices
respecting different ideas and solutions
Products
Students at Satori Charter School are encouraged to:
explore their own creative process
develop quality products
use all of the multiple intelligences
The products range from giving answers to questions to producing research projects. Since we encourage creativity across all intelligences, many of the products are unique and convey information from one setting to another. Students and teachers work together to define quality work in a product.
Learning Environment
The learning environment at Satori:
nurtures
empowers students
develops and supports positive verbal communication for problem-solving
incorporates group activities and learning
has individual activities
is active
is invigorating
We provide specialty teachers in physical education, technology, music, art, theater arts, and Spanish. There are computers in every classroom. Students use the computer to word process, practice academic skills, and to do research.