Heroes Chronicle Archive

Session 5, Week 4 A quick search will pull up big figures associated with the motivation market. There is no end to speakers and products to help motivate and inspire us adults. Part of a learner driven community is simply an experiment in the motivation of young...

Session 5, Week 3 At exactly 9:40 Wednesday morning I took a walk through the Middle School, the Fire Studio and the Spark Studio. As I completed my walk and went back to my work, I felt euphoric. In all three studios I witnessed the same thing. Heroes choosing to be...

Session 5 Week 2 The introduction of Chat GPT has created no small stir in the world. In its own words Chat GPT is “an AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. It uses deep learning...

Session 5, Week 1 We are well over half way through our school year and yet as the heroes fill the building for another session it feels fresh, new and full of energy! What contributes to the feeling? Some of it may be that we've all enjoyed a week of rest and we are...

Session 4, Week 6 Two weeks ago my family stopped by a historic fort built in 1867. As we walked through the daily life of the adults and children in that time period, we were all struck (again) by how hard people had to work just to survive. Driving home we reflected...

Session 4, Week 5 Leadership training is a multibillion-dollar industry. Books, seminars, retreats and coaching, provide all of us adults opportunities to learn about and practice leading. At CHOICE our heroes are getting these opportunities every day starting at age...

Session 4, Week 4 The first time through the Tuesday morning team building challenge, the Middle Schoolers pushed, pulled, yelled and even hit one another as they made their way blindfolded outside. After a meaningful discussion, they made a plan and tried again....

Session 4, Week 3 A parent recently shared this story: "I was looking through an old thick binder that contained all of the work I did in the 6th grade. My mother who had saved it and had given it back to me was proud of it. And rightly so. It was a lot of work - and...

Session 4, Week 2 At CHOICE, we mix things up! Not only are we mixing up ingredients for experiments this session, but we also mix up ages of heroes working together and the way heroes work together. Just like scientific experiments, sometimes the mixing works as we...

Session 4, Week 1 The energy and chemistry were high as we returned for Session 4! It is so fun to listen to the laughter and watch heroes hug one another after a break. All three studios continued that laughter and joy as they began exploring our session question...

Session 3, Week 3 Gifts, both giving and receiving, are such a fun part of this time of the year. Many heartfelt gifts were exchanged at CHOICE this last week... just not the kind of gifts you might be expecting. In the Spark Studio charity, compassion, and spreading...

Session 3, Week 2 The holiday season is a time of tradition. Individual families and cultures all over the world enjoy traditions that bring them joy and identity. We have enjoyed learning about many of these traditions through our weekly Global Dance. This week...

Session 3, Week 1 Luckily the idea of refugees is an abstract concept for our heroes. As each studio reads about refugees, listens to stories of refugees and experiences "challenges" related to refugees' challenges we are hoping to expand our minds and build...

Session 2 Week 6 The last week of every session is high energy. As heroes race to finish up and prepare for their exhibitions, it often feels like a week long sprint! In the Spark Studio, as we prepared for the exhibition (aka xubishin spelled backwards on the...

Session 2, Week 5 My grandpa was a great storyteller. He told stories about the Great Depression and the orange he would get for Christmas. He told stories about living on his own at the age of 15 and the 3 jobs he worked to survive. He told stories about WWII and the...