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OUR HISTORY Fire Mountain School was founded in 1983 to provide individually-tailored early childhood education for children in the Cannon Beach-Nehalem Valley area of the North Oregon Coast. Parents built the school building themselves.
We are a non-profit school. Fire Mountain School is accepting applications for the Upper Class (grades 2nd, 3rd and 4th), and maintaining a waiting list for the Young Class ( ages 3+ thru 1st grade). For information contact Faith Deur at firemountainschool@gmail.com |
philosophy |
Fire Mountain School has three central goals for children:
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curriculum |
The curriculum focuses on Place Based, interdisciplinary studies. This approach creates a bridge between disciplines so that students can understand the relationships and connections that exist in real life. Grades and testing are not employed as measures of performance.
For additional information on our Place Based Educational philosophy: Promise of Place http://www.promiseofplace.org/what_is_pbe Place-based Education: Connecting Classroom and Community http://www.antiochne.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/pbexcerpt.pdf Teaching Strategies http://www.ecoliteracy.org/article/teaching-strategies |
Method |
Using a hands-on approach, we seek to spark initiative, an inner sense of achievement and lasting self-confidence, challenging each child according to his or her abilities, interests, and stage of social development. We aim to help facilitate a child's growth in all areas -- social, emotional, intellectual, creative, spiritual, and physical.
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Helpful Articles
-THE JOYFUL, ILLITERATE KINDERGARTNERS OF FINLANDWhy Kids Should Use Their Fingers in Math Class
-Why Kids Should Use Their Fingers in Math Class
-This is why Finland has the best schools
Place Based Education Articles
Promise of Place
http://www.promiseofplace.org/what_is_pbe
Place-based Education: Connecting Classroom and Community
http://www.antiochne.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/pbexcerpt.pdf
Teaching Strategies
http://www.ecoliteracy.org/article/teaching-strategies
-THE JOYFUL, ILLITERATE KINDERGARTNERS OF FINLANDWhy Kids Should Use Their Fingers in Math Class
-Why Kids Should Use Their Fingers in Math Class
-This is why Finland has the best schools
Place Based Education Articles
Promise of Place
http://www.promiseofplace.org/what_is_pbe
Place-based Education: Connecting Classroom and Community
http://www.antiochne.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/pbexcerpt.pdf
Teaching Strategies
http://www.ecoliteracy.org/article/teaching-strategies