Clonlara School
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Clonlara School is a private school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Clonlara operates a campus school and a Home Based Education Program as alternatives in education. Clonlara School is accredited by the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA) and North Central Association (NCA-CASI).
[edit] History
Clonlara was founded by Pat Montgomery in 1967 as a private day school. Its campus serves five through eighteen-year-olds who reside in Ann Arbor, MI and surrounding areas. A second program was established in 1979, the Clonlara Home Based Education Program, which serves home schooling families in each of the United States and in over 19 countries worldwide.
[edit] Educational Philosophy
The Clonlara School philosophy is that a school should empower learners to participate willfully and eagerly in their own educations. They believe that learning begins with curiosity, which should therefore be nurtured. Clonlara School views the world as the classroom and considers the learning environment integral to the learning process. They believe that a school should allow its students to participate in the design and application of its curriculum. Clonlara School believes that parents have the right to educate their own children. They believe that academic learning and the mastery of skills are not limited by the location in which they are sought, either in a school or at home.
Clonlara School encourages students to have self-directed educational goals. Clonlara uses verbal and written evaluations to mark progress, rather than paper report cards. Students submit portfolios to demonstrate their work.
Clonlara's campus school has small class sizes. The total number of students at the campus school is about 40.
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