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Curriculum
Project-based learning is not an extension or add-on but is central to the curriculum. Based on challenging questions requiring complex thinking and skills, it is interdisciplinary. Projects vary in length — from a couple of weeks to an entire school year — and require students to use a variety of resources, including the community, technology, outside experts, written resources, and the Web, as well as each other. Rather than being the "expert," Ms. Dellios acts as a facilitator to learning.
Research shows that project-based learning increases critical thinking skills and fosters positive attitudes toward subjects such as mathematics and superior performance with conceptual questions and applied problems.
Quarterly plans for Ms. Dellios' curriculum are sent home in a newsletter.