Our School
Each student at Durango Big Picture Learning School is part of a small learning community called an advisory. Each advisory is supported and led by an advisor, a teacher that works closely with each advisee to identify their interests and personalize their learning. Each student has an internship with a mentor, learning in a real-world setting. Parents and families are actively involved in the learning process, helping to shape the student’s learning plan and enrolled as resources to the school community. The result is a student-centered learning design, where students are actively invested in their learning and challenged to pursue their interests by a supportive community of educators, professionals, and family members.
Big Picture Schools At A Glance:
- Student as the center of learning
- Advisory-based learning in small groups
- Curriculum relevant to the world
- Increase motivation
- Teaches one student at a time
- Each high school is a small learning community of about 120 students
- Parents/Guardian involved in the learning in real world settings
- An effective method of learning for many different types of students
- Our graduation rate is 92% (compared to 52% nationally)
- Our college acceptance rate is 95% (compared to 45% nationally)
- DHS Big Picture enrollment open to 9th and 10th graders
Big Picture Related Documents
| Title |
Updated |
Document |
|---|---|---|
| Big Picture Application | 10/08/2010 | |
| Citation Slips for Bibliographies | 10/08/2010 | |
| School Accountability Committee Handbook | 04/27/2011 | |
| Graduation Requirements | 02/07/2012 | |
| Summer School Sign Up | 02/22/2013 | |
| Registration Form 2013-2014 | 03/18/2013 | |
| 2013-2014 Academic Calendar | 05/17/2013 |
