+ disengagement at its best + round pegs in square holes. think different! ….going the distance...
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Disengagement at its best
+ Round Pegs in Square Holes.
Think Different!
IN CANADA:On an average day…
60 babies are born to teen moms.
4,000 juveniles are incarcerated.
295 teens are criminally charged.
434 youth gangs are active.
1 teen commits suicide.
205 teens use toxins before class.
274 students drop out of school.
+IN THE ALTERNATE SCHOOL:On an average day…
Some students are taking care of their newborn babies.
Some students are on a “time-out”: Doing therapy in drug rehabilitation, serving a sentence in the judicial system or working to help to pay the bills.
Some students’ behaviors are surfacing in Core classrooms.
Some students are reading at a Grade 3-4 level. Some students are doing Math with a dictionary.
Some students are struggling with the heavy workload.
Some students are enrolling in the school.
+How “Me”Becomes “We”atThe Alternate School.
+BELIEFS OF TAS:Since 1981
All students:
are trying to achieve in some capacity.
are capable of learning.
are partners with the staff.
are in school because they want to be.
are deserving of dignity, safety & respect.
are able to implement common sense & learn from failure.
+BALLROOM DANCING:Putting our Best Foot Forward!
+VOLUNTEER WORK:Helping the Community
+Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in square holes….
+The ones who see things differently.They’re not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status quo.
+You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them,glorify them or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
+Because they change things, they invent, they imagine, they heal, they explore, they create, they inspire.They push the human race forward.
+Maybe they have to be crazy. How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?
+While some see them as crazy ones, we see genius because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.Think different.
+TAS: Still Going the Distance…