Expanded Vision: Spectrum Academy is a holistic educational environment that identifies and addresses the changing personal and developmental needs of our youths to prepare the way for successful community awareness and participation. Holistic education is concerned with the growth of every person's intellectual, emotional, social, physical, artistic, creative and spiritual potentials. We are unique as a leader in the research, design, and implementation of holistic education using state-of-the-art technologies. Our collaborative alliances and partnerships with industry leaders bridge 21st Century learners with 21st Century technology and our emerging global culture.
Expanded Mission: We believe our first responsibility is to prepare the students to meet the challenges of the rapidly changing world around them. The growing population of displaced youth need hope in what appears to them as a love-starved world. Holistic strategies in a peer-based community atmosphere encourage students to perceive and understand the various contexts which shape and give meaning to life. Introducing students to a holistic view of the planet, life on Earth, and the emerging world community demonstrates systems thinking. The environment and staff will nurture the development of emotional and multiple intelligences empowering each student’s personal growth. Engaging systems thinking requires student involvement in the research and design of their educational process which creates ownership of learning. A collaborative approach toward problem-solving develops critical interpersonal skills. Emerging technologies and their integration into our curriculum provide the students with real-time, real-world experiences that prepare them for entering post-secondary life.
Metanoia - a shift of mind...
from paradigm paralysis to inclusion of Constructivism, Diversity, and Objectivism is needed now. Resolving systemic problems needs all of our help, especially people with passion and purpose, using collaboration without condemnation. FLOW* is the optimal experience for us all.
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*"Flow: The Psychology of optimal Experience," by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.