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Gratitude in an Upside Down Year
Jim’s 2014 blog post “I connected my laptop to the internet and fire trucks came” was published shortly before I began my tenure here at The Circle School. In my early days on staff, one of the first things Jim told me was that “At The Circle...![What Cool Things Outside means to me](https://www.circleschool.org/wp-content/uploads/J21_5863-scaled-e1620157593230-282x300.jpg)
What Cool Things Outside means to me
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...![Planned Giving: “It feels good”](https://www.circleschool.org/wp-content/uploads/Michelle-Loucas-for-blog.jpg)
Planned Giving: “It feels good”
“It feels good to think that someday we’ll be making a gift to a place that is so special to us.” These are the words of Stacy Kuyk-White, parent of alumn Taylor Kuyk-White ’06. Stacy and her husband, Trustee Rob White, recently included The Circle School in their...![Grow up, America! Polarized politics and democratic schools](https://www.circleschool.org/wp-content/uploads/Rayne-voting-IMG_7055adj-scaled-e1618071884791-240x300.jpg)
Grow up, America! Polarized politics and democratic schools
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...![Circle School mornings again](https://www.circleschool.org/wp-content/uploads/J19_1011-1080x675.jpg)
Circle School mornings again
Over the past six years I’ve spent on staff, I’ve grown to love my Circle School mornings. When the doors open at 8am, a few kids are usually already waiting on the stone bench out front. The rest follow in waves, on school buses, or trickling in by car. From the...![Silver Linings: What the pandemic is teaching us about schooling](https://www.circleschool.org/wp-content/uploads/East-Hill-sledding-1080x675.jpg)
Silver Linings: What the pandemic is teaching us about schooling
School wasn’t so great before COVID, either…
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The Meadow Campaign Five Years Later
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,...![I walked into my new life](https://www.circleschool.org/wp-content/uploads/Caitlyn-IMG_2291-adj-crop-300x205.png)
I walked into my new life
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,...![I dreaded telling him school is closed](https://www.circleschool.org/wp-content/uploads/Kimberlie-Hawkins-IMG_0354-225x300.jpg)