Heroes Chronicle Archive

From the Spark Studio From Miss Anna: We made it through our first session! Thanks to all who attended our Exhibition. It was genuinely a beautiful experience for me to watch the Heroes give studio tours to their families. I reflected on that first morning of school...

Week 6 9/29-10/5 From the Spark Studio From Miss Anna: We had lots of opportunities for life lessons this week. Our big focus was on boundaries - when someone asks you to stop doing something, you have to stop. We want our Heroes to know that their words are powerful...

Week 5 9/22-9/28 Of course no one is perfect and we still have many rubber bands to stretch and challenges to overcome, but the progression we are seeing in both studios is beautiful... From the Spark Studio From Miss Anna: This Tuesday we put our Heroes to the test -...

Week 4: 9/15-9/21 As adults at CHOICE we struggle daily on our own Hero’s Journey. Not stepping in and fixing or solving or planning for our young heroes is a daily challenge for us.  This week both studios saw the benefit of letting the heroes lead the way! From...

Week Two: 9/1-9/7 As we came back together for Week 2, both studios met together for the first time and talked about apples! Apples??? We are all like apples; we all look very different from the outside, but we are all stars and have seeds of potential on the inside....

Week One: 8/25-8/27 Tuesday morning I watched 27 quiet and brave young heroes walk through the studio doors; individuals full of hope, anticipation, fear, nerves, and more than a little anxiety. Thursday afternoon I watched 27 loud and brave young heroes leave the...

In Utah, Pioneer Day is a big deal. It commemorates the day in 1847 when Brigham Young, the prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, arrived in the US territory that is now Utah and declared, “This is the right place.” This came after traveling a...

Freedom. The word holds so much meaning and symbolism. The common dictionary defines it as “the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.” A fair definition. But, if we were to pick the word apart and take it back to the...

Deep down inside we are all heroes. Heroes of our own destiny. While that may sound idealized, it is absolutely true! We are designed with the desire to do something great, to contribute to our world and communities in meaningful ways, and, most importantly, to feel...

“They all went to Montessori school. What is Montessori? Hands-on learning. There’s nothing more powerful than hands-on learning, and particularly in the sciences.”...