Journeys School View Book 2016

Begin Your Journey

Fundamentally we believe in preparing students to

make a difference in our ever-changing global community.

We do this by ensuring academic excellence, modeling and teaching relational skills, encouraging authentic problem-solving through

design learning and challenging our students to think globally.

Journeys School students about the world around them,

LEARN

THINK deeply

about connections between what they find and

ACT

to make the world a better place.

Why Journeys School?

Students must have the requisite knowledge to make informed decisions. At Journeys School, students go beyond content to become

life-long learners who think critically

about their worlds. Journeys School offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years and Diploma Programs, which are recognized globally as a top choice for student engagement and learning.

Academic Excellence

Extraordinary Relationships

In today’s complex, interconnected world, academic knowledge is not the silver bullet to success. We believe that the

development of the whole child is key for students to be

able to put vision into action. To do this, we focus on the power of relationships which creates an environment where it is safe for students to take social, emotional and academic risks, which in turn allows them to grow into confident, collaborative and caring citizens.

We teach students to inquire into their world and then design solutions around the challenges they find - this is place-based education at Journeys School. By looking at communities through economic, cultural and ecological lenses, students learn how to

solve real-world problems that have

real-world impacts.

Place-based Education

understanding that nothing can be studied in isolation. We live in a

The success of our students comes with the

globally connected community and students must be able to transfer their skills from one community to any community around the world.

Through participation in the IB program, students develop a keen sense of how their actions affect the world.

Global Citizenship

By The Numbers

Academic Excellence Extraordinary Relationships Place-Based Education Global Citizenship

LEARN

National Merit Finalists (2002-15)

6

12th grade students admitted to 4-year colleges 100%

THINK

Faculty who participated in Professional Development Extended Journeys (K-12)

100% 42

FACULTY & STAFF

30 Full-time faculty 7 Part-time faculty 1 Intern 5 Administrative staff 54% Faculty & staff with advanced degrees Student:Faculty ratio

6:1

ACT

Middle school students participating in extra-curricular activities 100% High school students participating in extra-curricular activities 92%

STUDENT ENROLLMENT 186 Students 16 Maximum class size 9 Graduating students in Class of 2017

84 Total Alumni

WHERE JOURNEYS SCHOOL GRADUATES GO TO COLLEGE The following colleges and universities are some of the amazing schools where Journeys School graduates have decided to continue their educations (since 2003): Brown University Colorado College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Middlebury College New York University Pomona College San Francisco Art Institute University of Cape Town, South Africa

University of Chicago University of Southern California University of Virginia University of Wyoming Vassar College Wake Forest University Whitman College Yale University

Learn. Think. Act. 700 Coyote Canyon Road • Jackson, WY 83001 • www.journeysschool.org • 307.733.3729 Photography by Flo McCall Teton Science Schools is a private, 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization operating year-round in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Teton Valley, Idaho.

Teton Science Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, creed or sexual orientation in any of its policies or programs.

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