Project Green Schools is proud to announce CELC Middle School has been selected to participate in Race for the Planet, a program by Project Green Schools to engage school/organization/community groups in environmental action. CELC joins K-12 students around the U.S. who are hosting Race for the Planet this school year. The public is invited to attend [...]
Has your student missed something because of COVID? Are you worried about learning loss, academic fall behind, or a drop in self-esteem? CT Experiential Learning Center (CELC) now offers Academic Tutoring & Educational Coaching Kindergarten through College, year round Our philosophy is always “learner-centered”. The individual student’s needs and capabilities are central to all CELC’s [...]
Join CELC for the 9 April Open House at 11:00 a.m. for a presentation by author, Jill Laudati, M.S., CCC-SLP, where Jill talks about her self-published memoir: Itchy Brain: A Family's Perspective and Positive Outlook on ADHD. With over six million diagnosed cases of ADHD in children 17 and younger, it is more common than one would [...]
CELC seeks dynamic and inspired educators and administrators to join CELC’s leadership team Since 2009 CT Experiential Learning Center (CELC) Middle School provides transformative education for ages 10 – 14 (grades 5 – 8, with selected 4th graders). In today’s world, education takes a new shape. CELC continues to be at the forefront as a [...]
Since 2009 CT Experiential Learning Center (CELC) successfully addresses the critical and pivotal middle school years, allowing them to be transformational ones, leading to sturdiness and accomplishment in high school and beyond. CELC now expands its services, in partnership with LifeCatalyst Therapy and Coaching, offering Educational Coaching and Academic Tutoring for ages Kindergarten through College.
As one of only 50 educators selected from across the U.S. and Canada, CT Experiential Learning Center’s (CELC) Digital Storytelling teacher, Michael Hernandez, was chosen for an exciting professional development opportunity that will allow him to bring geographic awareness to students at CELC in Branford, CT. The Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship, in partnership with Lindblad Expeditions [...]
CT Experiential Learning Center (CELC) is now offering additional services to help build confident and competent students from kindergarten through college. Are you among the millions of people who lately have been struggling to help their children get homework done? Do you feel that helping your child with schoolwork has become a second job? [...]
CELC Middle School (pronounced /selk/) offers experientially-based teaching as a way for students to involve themselves in learning beyond the walls of a traditional classroom. Learners are invited to participate in a strategically-designed format which integrates the student’s academic study with field experiences. Students explore the essential questions that unite broad areas of knowledge, relate [...]
So often the middle school years are considered awful. Reasons for this can vary, but most adults associate that time in their lives with a sense of precariousness, and for some, even extreme anxiety. When stating during conversation that I am a middle school teacher, it often is met with ‘oh, you must be a [...]
There is a curriculum containing general subject areas such as Math, Language Arts, Science - you know the drill. Completing regular homework, learning time management during these middle school years is when to home in on all of this. All the above is delivered to an ever-changing adolescent brain and body, one in the midst [...]
Students Respond Well to Learner-Centered Approach
CELC Middle School Awarded "Leading Innovators of Experiential Learning Engagements - Connecticut" Private Education Awards for 2021 by LUXlife Magazine!
Monday, 28 June five CELC Middle School students along with CELC Co-founder/Educator Melinda Alcosser arrive in Stony Creek Harbor to begin their adventure and set sail from Branford, Connecticut to Portland, Maine! First, a short dinghy ride to get aboard the Morgan 46-foot Ketch sailboat Boundless! with Captain Jeff and his wife Liz who run [...]
Each year we at CELC hold an Honoring Ceremony in celebration of our academic year of learning and growth. We recognize, honor, and reflect upon the time spent together and also give send-off to those moving on to high school and the next parts of their lives. Click on this link to view and listen [...]
Kudos and a big thank you goes to Professor Michael Hernandez for his work with CELC students during this year to learn the process of creating their own videos, from the idea stage to the use of Keynote and other digital media platforms.
Restore learning from a “lost” academic year in a fun and meaningful way! CELC Middle School teams up with Mathnasium of Guilford for The Arithmetic of Architecture! and Debunking Billiard Math! Work with Colombian-born Instructor for Tell Your Story in Spanish to discover the world of native characters by learning about their countries [...]
With many parents who feel their children may have "lost" another part of a school year by being remote or hybrid, CELC has much to offer - a place where students receive personalized attention to rebuild engagement and have solid and joyful middle school experiences that offer growth of the person, academically/socially/emotionally, towards preparedness for [...]
"Why is CELC an effective choice for your child's middle school education?" Testimonials from CELC Middle School families, past and present.
About this book - a note from CELC: The creation of this book takes place during a multi-week Digital Storytelling class that is designed to provide digital literacy skills and empower students to create positive change in their communities. Students learn the fundamentals of digital photography, including composition and lightning, digital image editing, and making [...]
As one of only 50 educators selected from across the U.S. and Canada, CELC’s Digital Storytelling teacher Michael Hernandez was chosen for an exciting professional development opportunity that will allow him to bring geographic awareness to students at CELC Middle School of Branford, CT.
Establishment of community values, inscribed into an artistically done “hand circle” begins a CELC year. This symbolic circle of words then can be utilized throughout the year as a guide. Students are asked to think about the type of community they want to create, to be a part of, and then determine what we all [...]
Do you have gently used winter clothing to offer to keep warm the students at Parkville Community School this winter? If so, contributions including jackets, hats, and gloves in children’s sizes can be delivered to the bins that are located in the front lobby at 28 School Street, Branford, between 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., [...]
Beginning in October CELC students have worked (in-person) with drama instructor Nicki LaPorte at Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown, Connecticut. This endeavor brought together aspects of theater from past to present as part of CELC’s thematic study for this year, Ancient to Modern Civilizations. We are so thrilled to be able to present this play to [...]
