Noti school
has animals,
organic garden,
woods, a creek
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What is an alternative school? The phrase “free
school” has been used and abused so much that
some people like to say alternative school instead,
but that too is an umbrella term for many different
phenomena.
Carolyn Duquette is starting an alternative
school for five to 12-year-olds in Noti. She has very
clear ideas and educational objectives for her
school.
Duquette intends to “develop a rich en
vironment of varied resources and give children the
freedom to choose what they do and to expect them
to assume responsibility for their choices.”
Duquette told the Emerald she has been in
volved in public education for 11 years. She has
taught at all levels of elementary school, in both
urban and suburban settings. For the past two years
she has been a high school counselor in Syracuse, NY
Out of this experience has come a belief in the
need for an alternative to public education. Part of
(his need is personal and immediate: two of
Duquette’s three children will be students in her
new school.
“I was feeling disillusioned working in public
schools, locked into that one room,” she explained.
“Learning doesn’t happen that way. The children
have to move out into the world. The relationships
that they develop with adults are crucial, and that
happens best with low ratios between teacher and
students. That’s one of the essential things I want to
maintain in my school.”
Duquette found that students in public school
live in “one world in school and another when school
is over. I want learning to be a whole experience for
them and not just something that happens in a
building.
“The essential thing to me is to encourage
children to be thinking, independant people, to be
willing to accept help from others if what they’re
attempting is too difficult for them.”
The setting for the new school is one acre of
country in the Noti area. It boasts an organic
garden, chickens, and other animals, woods, a
creek and a farmhouse.
“I think animals are really important to
children,” she said, but explained that bringing
them into a classroom is artificial. “I wanted to
have children a situation where it was possible to
have animals around in a natural setting.”
Hilary Emmer will teach along with Duquette
in the school. She is a teacher from New York with a
degree in education in the community from the
University of Buffalo.
Duquette said she intends to purchase a
microscope for the school and explore many areas
of science and experiments. The curriculum will
also include various arts and crafts, as well as the
more traditional subjects.
Duquette emphasizes the need to get out into the
community and to bring outside resources into the
school. She would like to hear from anyone who is
interested in this type of alternative education, or
has a special area of interest to demonstrate. They
will be welcome to either come out to the school or
host a field trip.
The school will be opening some time in Oc
tober, Duquette said. There are still openings for
students, and transportation will be provided from
Eugene. For information call 686-0027.
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