FAQ -- Who is NOLI School For
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” (Buckminster Fuller)
FAQ: Who is NOLI School and Camps For?
Answer:
FOR STUDENTS THAT
- Want to prepare for more than just taking a test
- Have goals that the Common Core Curriculum does not address
- Want to learn skills specific to their own goals
- Want to be in a smaller school environment
- Are happier outside than inside
- Lean by hands-on doing
- Want to learn from people that are masters in what they teach, that have boots on the ground experience in what they teach
FOR PARENTS THAT WANT A SCHOOL THAT BELIEVES
- In Conservative values
- The US Constitution needs to be taught and protected
- Home time is family time
- School time should be spent preparing my child to be successful as adults
- The standard model school, classroom, and format does not serve their child well
- In a balance of vocational, hobbies & recreation, fiscal, kinship, spirit, health, and fitness
- Common sense is learned from modeling and experience
- Standardized tests and transcripts are a poor measure of success
- Being prepared to graduate from college is better than just having a high SAT score
- That goals other than going to the university are just as noble and valuable
- Habits are just as important as the content
- It is important that kids learn it is both okay to defend themselves and learn the skills to do it
- That the students benefit if the school only includes those that want to learn
- That all students should learn how to produce food