Academics
PRIDE Prep Academics
Much of a student’s life at PRIDE Prep is experimental and exploratory education. They enjoy both independence and accountability as they build a portfolio of work and craft a community that balances rights and responsibility.
Hands-on…
Hands-on learning has been going on since the dawn of time. At PRIDE, we recognize the incredible impact the informal learning has for developing deeper learning.
At MIT, their slogan is “Mens et Manus” or “mind and hand”. The folks at MIT understand that theoretical knowledge must be accompanied by a practical, hands-on experience.
Here at PRIDE, students become familiar with a wide range of tools — both analog and digital — and build with their hands new products, publications, inventions, presentations, and experiments. Students learn not only why things work, but how they work, and are challenged to make our communities better in the process.
When we use our hands to find context for new knowledge, we expand our comfort zones. This stretching results in increased confidence and understanding. For many students, hands-on IS the portal through which they primarily learn. It is in this exploratory environment where boundaries collapse, and new knowledge becomes useful and memorable.
Come explore with us.
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Connected
Over the last twenty years, technology has reorganized how we live, work, communicate, and learn. We believe our students will live their entire lives in an ever increasing technological world, and will need to become master digital learners as well as hands-on makers.
At PRIDE, our students learn to use technology in innovative ways to showcase their learning and deeper understanding of the world they live in. This includes opportunities to learn coding platforms, explore the fields of computer science, and utilize iPad technology to create documentary style presentations of their learnings.
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Makers
At PRIDE, we embrace a culture of “doing” that is active and engaged beyond traditional coursework experiences. We believe in “making” so much, that we built a 2000 sq ft “makerspace” with the generous help of the Paul G. Allen Foundation. We find that making projects energizes the creative spirit in students and adults, helping them to acquire and refine skills which facilitate deeper learning, investing positive change around our community and the world.
When we make things at PRIDE, a collaborative culture is nurtured and intellectual curiosity soars. Our students become problem-solvers, familiar with iterative hands-on approach to learning and doing. We believe making is a powerful way for students to turn their ideas into reality, to create something of value that is uniquely their own.