Academic
At Whetstone Academy, we build our COGNIA accredited academic program on firm educational foundations. Our college preparatory courses are taught in a teacher directed style with experiential methodologies included daily to galvanize learning through experience. Our farm-based education, experiential curriculum, and Whetstone performance standards are a philosophy and teaching approach that seeks to discover the inborn intelligences and unique potential inherent in each student. Technology in the form of Chromebooks is also used to augment the Whetstone academic curriculum.
A personal approach is the Whetstone Academy way. Each student has his own Individual Learning Plan (ILP) designed personally for him. Academic staff members base his plan upon his outcomes from a wide range of assessments that test academic progress. They consider his personal academic history, his individual strengths and weaknesses, and his personal learning style.
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Project Based Learning
The academic program is in turn woven into a comprehensive plan of care in which teachers, therapists and counselors work together to nurture the growth and development of the whole child—cognitive, social, physical and emotional.
Within our invigorating working farm-based educational framework, teachers and staff seek to provide a safe, stimulating learning environment in which the teacher observes and leads each student as a helpful guide in a community of
learners. Employing a project-based, experiential approach to learning, we seek to help our students develop thinking and problem-solving skills as well as help them form trusting relationships. We help them learn to work and communicate well within groups as they develop confidence, self-direction and kind compassion for others.
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Traditional & Outdoor Classrooms
Whether in the classroom, on the farm or in the fields and woods of our campus, weprepare an environment where we may pursue a learning method and philosophy that shares with Jean Piaget the belief in the unlimited potential of humans. And we believe with Howard Gardner that a child has multiple intelligences awaiting discovery and nurturing, that education should not only teach children but also help position them to make the world a better place.
The talks that I have had with my therapist have allowed me to reflect and build upon lessons I have learned which have helped me to strengthen the relationship I have with my parents.
While at Whetstone, I have learned to better use my coping skills for when I am struggling. I would recommend Whetstone to any of my friends who were struggling with anxiety.
Whetstone does not enable you. It gives you the tools to become a better person everyday. No matter what the outcome, the staff at Whetstone always provide you with hope for your future.