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The Village Garden
School
Phone: 613-547-1156
E-mail:
mydramaqueen@hotmail.com
Address: 13-B Shaw St., Kingston, ON, KYK 4Y5
Contact: Christine Harvey, Carrie Whalen
Website:
www.yakingston.com
Description:
The Village Garden is a non-profit, democratic,
deschooling community and a homeschool resource
center. We are currently located in Bath
Ontario, but will be purchasing a permanent
location in Kingston On. in Sept. of 2007.
Families interested in alternative learning use
our facilities as often as their educational
paths require support and assistance. The
organization is run by a professional teacher
and a crew of very supportive parent volunteers,
many of whom have extensive teaching experience.
These professionals and volunteers act as
mentors, facilitators, and co-learners in this
community. The environment of this alternative
learning society is welcoming, comfortable,
accepting, and often teeming with various
activities because it allows a child-led
approach to learning. Young people let their
own curiosity, interests, and passion drive
their learning avenues. Decisions about school
related issues and conflict resolution is
handled at weekly meetings in which everyone has
an equal vote and an equal say. At these
meetings rules are instituted, responsibilities
are defined, suggestions are discussed and
sometime enacted, and consequences are
administered where applicable.
Our community accommodates learners of all ages
and is very affordable. It allows part-time or
full-time attendance and has very flexible hours
of operation. Barters and bursaries are set up
for families with financial limitations.
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