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General High School Middle School K-5

Pi News and Information:

2011-2012 School Year:
Please check the Event Calendar for important upcoming dates. Many thanks to Dena Huston for keeping this current.

PLANTATHON UPDATE: The BIG DAY is now Saturday February 4th!!
Our Plantathon has been postponed one week due to weather/water. (Rain date is now Saturday Feb.11)

Meet/park/carpool to the Hwy. 104 and Center Valley Road Park and Ride. A school bus will be there to shuttle planters to and from the site. Runs leave at 9:15, 9:30 and 9:45 am from the Park and Ride.

PLEASE PACK a backpack with raingear, water bottle, and gloves. Dress for muddy, wet feet and rain/wind. BRING YOUR OWN SHOVEL!!!

Also, please bring a CUP, BOWL and SPOON for your lunch, as this is a 'zero-waste' event. A delicious hot lunch will be provided!!

We are asking that small children (7 and younger) not come this year as the site has more limited access and we are looking for planters that can last all day! With your help, we may finish early ;–) Shuttles will begin running at 2:30 pm back to the Park and Ride.

Seattle Children's Theatre
Sign up with Jan for the plays you would like to attend. Also, please see Sheila in the Middle School office if you have not yet paid:
  • Help April 18th, 2012
  • Very Hungry Caterpillar May 9th, 2012


 

Pi Program, School Improvement Plan


Click on the photo to the right to download the Pi Program's School Improvement Plan presentation. The file is in Powerpoint format and is 7 megabytes in size. On a dial-up connection download time will be 15 to 20 minutes.

 
   

A Flexible Alternative

The Pi Program, Chimacum's alternative school program, empowers families to participate in their children's education. It is a flexible program aimed at students who wish to live life to the fullest. Less constraining than more conventional school programs, Pi allows students greater opportunities for pursuing their personal interests. It allows these interests to be more effectively integrated into their lives.

A dynamic program, Pi gives dedicated students opportunities that are not available in the regular, on-campus program. There are numerous options: students may take classes in regular public school classrooms, classes that are done entirely at home, or Pi classes, which are done partly on campus and partly at home.

Pi's educational philosophy is that all students are highly capable in some way. With plenty of family and school support, an individual learning plan can be developed which will allow the student to make the most of her or his talents, allowing them to become strong students and successful people. Strong, successful students often choose the Pi Program in order to have better opportunities to pursue their other interests.

Students in the Pi Program document their learning by recording the time they spend on schoolwork, in addition to creating products and taking exams. Instead of doing all the work on campus, they do much of it at home. Family support is critical to success. Students can arrange their lives so that work is done at times convenient to them.

Several Pi classes are held at off-campus locations. Pi students may find themselves rowing across Port Townsend Bay or hiking through the Olympic Mountains. They can get out in the world and learn about it firsthand. In Pi, students have the opportunity to deal with real-world situations, yet remain in a controlled environment.

-This text was written by D.R., an 11th grade student, and edited by A.K, a 10th grade student.




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