Building Community in the Age of Disconnection
EPIC Academy at Lamoille Union High School It’s 8:50 in the morning. Students are leaving their jigsaw puzzles and sleepy conversations and rollicking games of “Headbands” and finding a seat. Some choose bean bags or bungee chairs, a couple saddle up to bike desks and begin to aimlessly cycle, and still more plop down in […]
A New Path To Purpose
The transition took me by surprise. One moment, we were exploring the path that ideas take on their legislative road to public policy, and the next minute, students were disclosing their personal struggle with ongoing anxiety and depression. At first, I worried that the doom and gloom of our semester’s exploration of climate change and […]