Introduction: A Question That Started It All When I began this year with Cohort 21, I carried a question that felt both urgent and something I am deeply passionate about: “How Might We connect teachers and students across our two separate campuses to build a K-12 community?” This wasn’t just an abstract challenge. Our school operates across two distinct locations—a junior campus and a senior campus—separated by distance and, often, by the invisible walls that…

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Bridging Two Campuses, One Connection at a Time Challenge: How might we connect teachers and students across our two separate campuses to identify and design meaningful opportunities that build a K-12 community? The Discovery Phase Through our design thinking conversation, I identified the real barriers and opportunities: Barriers: Distance, scheduling constraints, and the need for intentional culture-building Focus: Academic collaboration as the anchor, with community connection woven throughout Existing Momentum: A Grade 12 student is…

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Last year’s Leadership Lab gave me a gift I didn’t expect: clarity about what drives me. Discovering that I’m motivated by people and process was eye-opening – it helped me understand that I’m energized by analyzing the needs of others and helping others help themselves. This insight crystallized into my leadership purpose statement: to develop a one-school culture by finding ways to connect learning and build community. But purpose statements are just the beginning. This…

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Wow, it’s hard to believe we are almost at the end of the year! And yet, I feel like it’s no where near the end of my project. I am grateful for the time and opportunities to collaborate that I had with fellow Cohort members, and I look forward to continuing with my action plan in future years. What question guided your inquiry and action plan? (HMW?)  How might we better integrate projects across subjects,…

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Well, I’ve changed my HMW question since our last Face-to-Face meeting! I’m told this is often part of the process, so I’m just going with it… 🙂 I thought my HMW question was going to be: How might we develop an inquiry-based program to increase student engagement? My new HMW question is: How might we better integrate projects across subjects, grades, and campuses? I feel like there are many projects happening at my school, but…

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