Journeys School
| Journeys School | |
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| Address | |
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700 Coyote Canyon Road Jackson, Wyoming 83001 USA |
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| Coordinates | 43°29′31″N 110°48′33″W / 43.49194°N 110.80917°WCoordinates: 43°29′31″N 110°48′33″W / 43.49194°N 110.80917°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, Co-educational, Pre-K through 12th grade |
| Established | 2001 |
| Headmaster | Nancy Lang |
| Faculty | 31 |
| Enrollment | 197 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 5.7:1 |
| Campus |
Rural, 900 acres 10 buildings |
| Website | www |
Journeys School is an independent school under the umbrella of Teton Science Schools. Journeys integrates ecology, culture and community for Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade students in a college preparatory setting.
Teton Science Schools operate in partnership with Grand Teton National Park and were founded in 1967 when Ted Major, a high school biology teacher, led twelve high school students on six weeks of field research in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The organization began offering outreach programs to regional public and independent schools in 1991, developing what would eventually be formalized as the Journeys Curriculum. Journeys School was officially established as an independent school and a program of Teton Science Schools in 2001. Journeys School partners with the Teacher Learning Center of Teton Science Schools to offer professional development to visiting teachers.
Journeys School is an accredited member of the Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools (PNAIS). As an independent, non-profit school that has received full accreditation from an approved accrediting program, Journeys School is a full member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) with voting rights. Journeys School is an International Baccalaureate World School and is authorized to offer the IB Diploma Progamme to students aged 16–19.
According to the school's website, three of the values most important to the Journeys School community are as follows:
Classes in the Pre-K are based on the Reggio Emilia approach which focuses on the concept of teachers as learners, the importance attributed to the role of the environment, the use of long-term projects with small groups of children as the major curriculum strategy and the emphasis on children's many symbolic languages.
Journeys School’s elementary language arts program is heavily influenced by the work of Kathy Collins and her book Growing Readers and Lucy Calkins of the Readers and Writers Project at Teachers College/Columbia University. For its Math Program, the elementary school uses the Everyday Mathematics curriculum developed by the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project. The focus of this curriculum is to enable children to learn more mathematical content and become lifelong mathematical thinkers.
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