by Cody Unger | Sep 2, 2022 | [Homepage], Featured, Stories, Uncategorized, What's it all about?
When I was 13 years old, I didn’t want to attend The Circle School. My mom and stepdad had fallen in love with the school, and found my two younger siblings required no selling on the idea, but I wasn’t buying. I was mostly happy in public school, though...
by Faith Brooks-Carr | Sep 14, 2021 | [Homepage], Parenting, Stories, Uncategorized
Hello Circle School Family! I became interested in the school many years ago when I started my family. I had begun delving deeper into research regarding what successfully existed globally based on the personal criteria I held. My personal criteria were heavily...
by Lily Compton | May 4, 2021 | [Homepage], Featured, Meadow Campus, Uncategorized
My name is Lily Compton and I started the Cool Things Outside Corporation at The Circle School five years ago, and I’m still the chair of the corporation today. [“Corporations” at The Circle School are like clubs or interest groups. -Editor] I didn’t have...
by Jim Rietmulder | Apr 13, 2021 | [Homepage], Featured, Public policy, Uncategorized, What's it all about?
I’m disappointed by America’s dysfunctional politics. And I bet you are, too. What really gets to me is the hyper-polarization and aggressive non-cooperation. I want to yell “Grow up, America!” — but that might be insulting to the kids I work with. For me it’s...
by Jim Rietmulder | Nov 20, 2020 | Featured, Meadow Campus, Pictures, Uncategorized
After 10 years of working waking dreams, The Circle School broke ground in fall 2016 to build our forever home on the Meadow Campus — where I’m sitting now, writing this. Recently the school published a final project report for more than 175 alumni,...
by Caitlyn Hensey | Jun 12, 2020 | [Homepage], Stories, Uncategorized
When I first heard about The Circle School, I didn’t know what to think of this strange place where there’s hardly anything resembling “normal school.” I was petrified, and thought I wouldn’t be able to get anything done without a strict schedule. However,...
