Annual Open House

The Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 elementary school in Edgecomb, has scheduled its annual open house for Sunday, October 28, 2007, from 4:00 until 5:30 p.m. All members of the mid-coast community are cordially invited to tour the school, meet the faculty, and ask questions about CTL's program.

CTL opened its doors on Cross Point Road in September, 1990, under the direction of educator Nancie Atwell. The school is accredited through the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and has state and federal tax-exempt status as a non-profit corporation. CTL serves 78 children in grades K-8 in five groupings: K, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, and 7-8.

CTL's award-winning faculty has created a school environment that is both rigorous and joyful. Their expertise, dedication, and love of children and learning are hallmarks of the CTL program. The innovative curriculum stresses real and original work: writing and publication across the disciplines, computation and problem-solving, research, experimentation, observation, fieldwork, data collection and analysis, the reading of literature across the curriculum, dramatic and musical performance, explorations in the graphic and plastic arts, community service, and collaboration with other learners.

CTL is also a demonstration school, training teachers from across the United States through a combination of internships, seminars, and published writing by the faculty. The Center's philosophy and methods are an invitation to other educators to look with new eyes at what is possible for their schools and students.

Because the physical plant is small and the faculty is engaged with students for most of each school day, tours are discouraged while classes are in session. The Sunday open house will provide the public with a chance to see how the school is organized, review its resources, and talk with the faculty.

Please call the school for additional information at 882-9706.