This is a brief overview of the layers of protection that we are applying at Abrome for the 2022-23 academic year. Abrome has been able to remain COVID free for the past three years of pandemic schooling. The success we have had…
read moreMost schools in central Texas reopen this week, and the overwhelming majority of them will have no meaningful COVID protections in place, much less a multilayered approach that would drastically reduce the risk of spread of COVID within their school communities. Needless…
read moreToday tens of thousands of students in Central Texas will be returning to school, joining the scores of thousands who returned to school yesterday. While there is palpable excitement for many students who want to be around large groups of peers again,…
read more
#Abrome#Agile Learning Centers#Alternative Schools#Alternatives To School#Austin#Community#Covid-19#Covid-safe#Emancipated Learning#first day of school#Flying Squads#leave the schoolhouse behind#Liberation#mask mandates#Nature School#Outdoor school#pandacademic#pandemic schooling#protect kids#remote learning#remote schooling#Self-Directed Education#strike#Texas#unschooling
Abrome is an education option for young people and a liberation project. We believe in youth liberation and in the liberation of all peoples, and that our liberation is bound up together. In order to help co-create a better world, we must…
read moreWhen we went outdoors this year in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we were not sure how the Learners would respond to the heat, the cold, the rain, the bugs, and the physical activity. Because we are a Self-Directed Education community that…
read moreOn Wednesday, March 31st, I started my day off by dropping by the cell that I was not in to drop off some items with Facilitator Lauren. While I was there one of the parents of one of the Learners showed up,…
read more
#Abrome#Agile Learning Centers#Alternative Schools#Alternatives To School#AY20-21#Community#Covid-19#Covid-safe#Democratic Schools#Emancipated Learning#Flying Squads#Free Schools#Free to Learn#Free to Play#leave the schoolhouse behind#micro schools#Outdoor school#pandacademic#pandemic fatigue#Pandemic pods#pandemic schooling#risk#unschooling
Tuesday, March 30th would be day 7 of cycle 8 for the Flying Squad, and day 112 of the pandacademic year. It would also be the first day we had two more Learners return from quarantine, which promised to make our day…
read more
#Abrome#Agile Learning Centers#Alternative Schools#Alternatives To School#Among Us#animal style soccer#AY20-21#Community#Covid-19#Covid-safe#Culture#Culture Creation#Democratic Schools#Emancipated Learning#Flying Squads#Free Schools#Free to Learn#Free to Play#leave the schoolhouse behind#listening#micro schools#oh snap#Outdoor school#pandacademic#Pandemic pods#pandemic schooling#polar bear club#unschooling
I’m going to try to catch up on the daily blog posts between now and the end of cycle 9, which runs from April 19th to May 11th. I fell behind as things had gotten quite busy with the latest info session…
read more
#Abrome#Agile Learning Centers#Alternative Schools#Alternatives To School#AY20-21#Black Lives Matter#Community#Covid-19#Covid-safe#Culture#Culture Creation#Democratic Schools#Emancipated Learning#Flying Squads#Free Schools#Free to Learn#Free to Play#Garrett Foster#houselessness#King Kong#leave the schoolhouse behind#micro schools#Outdoor school#pandacademic#Pandemic pods#pandemic schooling#police#police brutality#racism#Social Justice#unschooling
March 28th was Day 110 of the pandacademic year, and it was the final day of our first week of cycle 8. We had a good week up to that point, although Learners being out due to quarantines and the fixation on…
read more
#Abrome#Agile Learning Centers#Alternative Schools#Alternatives To School#AY20-21#boundaries#Check-in and Change-up#Community#Community awareness board#Covid-19#Covid-safe#Culture#Culture Creation#Democratic Schools#Emancipated Learning#Flying Squads#food#Free Schools#Free to Learn#Free to Play#leave the schoolhouse behind#micro schools#Outdoor school#pandacademic#Pandemic pods#pandemic schooling#Texas#unschooling
My commitment to blog about each day of this pandacademic year has taken a real hit lately. Today I am finally getting around to writing about day 109, which was Thursday, March 25th. I hope to catch up soon. It’s just been…
read more
#Abrome#Agile Learning Centers#Alternative Schools#Alternatives To School#AY20-21#boundaries#Community#Covid-19#Covid-safe#Culture#Culture Creation#Democratic Schools#Emancipated Learning#Flying Squads#food#Free Schools#Free to Learn#Free to Play#leave the schoolhouse behind#micro schools#Outdoor school#pandacademic#Pandemic pods#pandemic schooling#unschooling
The forecast for Wednesday, March 24th, included thunderstorms as late as the evening of Tuesday, March 23rd. But the thunderstorms were scheduled for the afternoon, and it seemed that thunderstorms kept clearing out of the forecast the closer we got to it….
read more
#Abrome#Agile Learning Centers#Alternative Schools#Alternatives To School#AY20-21#Community#Covid-19#Covid-safe#Culture#Culture Creation#Democratic Schools#Emancipated Learning#Flying Squads#Free Schools#Free to Learn#Free to Play#inclement weather#leave the schoolhouse behind#micro schools#Outdoor school#pandacademic#Pandemic pods#pandemic schooling#private schools#Psychological safety#Social Justice#strangers#Taking up space#trash pickup#unschooling
My Abrome day on Tuesday, day 107 of our pandacademic year, started out with a call with a parent on my drive to the drop off location that morning. The parent’s Learner is out this week for quarantine, so we talked about…
read more
#Abrome#Agile Learning Centers#Alternative Schools#Alternatives To School#AY20-21#Community#Covid-19#Covid-safe#Culture#Culture Creation#Democratic Schools#Emancipated Learning#Flying Squads#Free Schools#Free to Learn#Free to Play#leave the schoolhouse behind#micro schools#Outdoor school#pandacademic#Pandemic pods#pandemic schooling#private schools#Social Justice#trash pickup#unschooling
Dear Abrome Learners and families, We published the first version of this contingency planning document on June 9, 2020. This document outlined our plan for how we could more safely be together during the pandemic, and allowed our community to have more…
read moreMonday, March 22nd was our 106th day of the pandacademic year, and the first day of cycle eight. And cycle eight is the first of four straight cycles with a specialty cell. All year long we have been meeting in-person in nature…
read more
#Abrome#Agile Learning Centers#Alternative Schools#Alternatives To School#AY20-21#Community#Covid-19#Covid-safe#Culture#Culture Creation#Democratic Schools#Emancipated Learning#Flying Squads#Free Schools#Free to Learn#Free to Play#leave the schoolhouse behind#micro schools#Outdoor school#pandacademic#Pandemic pods#pandemic schooling#quarantine#Social Justice#street chalk#Thai ice cream#unschooling#vaccinated
Friday was our last day before our spring break, and the last day of cycle seven of our pandacademic year. And cycle seven will be our last cycle without a specialty cell. Speaking of which, Friday was the last day that Learners…
read more
#Abrome#Agile Learning Centers#Alternative Schools#Alternatives To School#AY20-21#Community#Covid-19#Covid-safe#Culture#Culture Creation#Democratic Schools#Emancipated Learning#Flying Squads#Free Schools#Free to Learn#Free to Play#leave the schoolhouse behind#micro schools#Outdoor school#pandacademic#Pandemic pods#pandemic schooling#unschooling#vaccinated