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 [...]
Traveling is an integral part of CELC Middle School’s curriculum, having no fewer than two extended travel components during each academic year. This year for CELC’s beginning-of-the-year adventure students spend a week at Kroka Expeditions in Marlow, New Hampshire. The idea that “life happens outside of one’s comfort zone” matches CELC’s experience-based program, as [...]
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 [...]
CELC Middle School Awarded "Leading Innovators of Experiential Learning Engagements - Connecticut" Private Education Awards for 2021 by LUXlife Magazine!
