Outdoor Education this week brought the group to Wadsworth Falls State Park to work with educator Lucy Meigs of Everyone Outside. Combining some letterboxing with hiking along trails, students identified and discussed plant life, the geology of waterfalls, and the overall ecosystem. Students donned raingear, water bottles, daypacks, and happily explored this natural environment.
No Child Left Inside
May 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
CELCseminars for Parents
May 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
ATTENTION: PARENTS of Elementary and Middle School Students
Workshop for Parents
Connecting with Your Kids: Learning the Language of Teens
Dr. Barbara Greenberg conducts a workshop on parent/teen communication. The quantity and quality of the communication between teens and parents affects teen decision-making. Teens make healthier decisions, cope better with peer pressure, and have higher self-esteem when parents talk to them about sensitive subjects like sex and drugs.
Tuesday, 23 May at 7:00 p.m. at the Scranton Library in Madison.
To register or for more information,
contact mandm@ctexperiential.org or call 203-433-4658. [Read more...]
Find Out About Experiential Education at CELC
May 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Registering now for 2012-13 academic year!
Open House Mondays in May – Contact us to schedule a visit!
A dynamic middle school program, CT Experiential Learning Center (CELC) of Branford provides small classes that combine exceptional academics with hands-on and real-world learning experiences to fit the academic, social, and emotional needs of 5th – 8th grade students. [Read more...]
A Week in the Life at CELC
May 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
With all of the “regular” components of a middle school education, CELC offers a structured and comprehensive curriculum, including all the subject areas found in a 5th through 8th-grade program, plus more. Math, literature circle, history, science, grammar, writing workshop, et cetera, a typical week includes learning in the classroom, combined with work in the field and real-world experiences.
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CELC Sails Aboard Boundless! in the Bahamas
April 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Some of the CELCers will set sail on 15 April aboard the 46′ Ketch, Boundless! with Captain Jeff of Different Drum Sailing Adventures.
During our adventure, you can stay in contact with what we do each day by logging onto the following website where we will blog about our travels on a daily basis. [Read more...]
Tranquil Experience
April 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
– written by Julia, 10-year old CELC student
We walked into the dark, quiet room. The mats were spread, sending a cool breeze to rest in the damp air. Blazing sunshine consumed the dullness and dark from the empty space. With it, waves of tranquility flooded the room. Warrior I, Warrior II, Goddess Warrior. Each of us left feeling stronger and more flexible than before. This is yoga with Peg at the Blackstone Memorial Library in Branford.
The Newest Member
April 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
– written by Julia, 13-year old CELC student
Our class got a puppy! Her name is Santana. She is so full of life and very energetic. Sometimes she runs all around the classroom and expects us to chase her. It sounds like fingernails tapping on a table when she runs on the hardwood floor. She also tries to make more food appear from her empty food bowl by pawing at it and obsessively licking it. Her wet, pink tongue is very long and you have to be careful when she is licking your face because she might try to lick your eyeball. [Read more...]
Time Travel
March 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
– written by Nick, 11-year old CELC student
I’m here in New Haven,Connecticut, home to the amazing New Haven Museum. Here, in this brightly colored room, we have a history lesson all about the people who have made Connecticut great. We are given a packet filled with information – letters, journals, or blueprints by the person whom we are studying. [Read more...]
Trabajando con Madera
March 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
— written by Maddie, 14-year old CELC student
After weeks of hard work, we are now coming to the end of our woodworking unit. We’ve spent countless hours measuring, cutting, and sanding our wooden masterpieces, while we simultaneously choked on sawdust and learned to not fear the table saw. It’s hard to anticipate the end of something that has only just begun. It seems like [Read more...]
The Many Lives of a Turtle Shell
March 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
– Written by Willow, 12-year old CELC student
There were a dozen or so 5-gallon buckets on the floor. Inside each bucket was water and a number of turtles – each one different. Some were small babies, and others were full-grown adults. This odd sight was what welcomed me and my fellow CELC students to Meigs Point Nature Center at Hammonasset State Park. Ranger Russ came and [Read more...]
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