arrowleaf school

At Arrowleaf School, we believe in educating the whole child. Meeting a child’s need for emotional safety is paramount. They need to feel safe before deep and lasting learning can occur. This means a focus on character, interpersonal relationships, and meeting the child where they are at academically. When a child feels truly ready, when the soil is right, their learning blossoms. 

Children are naturally little scientists. They come to each day full of observations and questions. They are curious. By using their questions and leaning into their thinking, we can work together to foster a deep learning environment. While guiding them, teachers encourage students to take ownership of their education in a way that is truly empowering. Students thrive on intrinsic motivation and become self-confident learners.

Arrowleaf School is deliberately multi-age and will not become single-grade as it grows in size. Multi-age education gives students the opportunity to be the younger classmate and then the older classmate, to help others and to be helped – with practical skills like tying shoes and with academics. This helps all students grow in their confidence as well as better understand material when they help others with skills they have already learned. As Joseph Joubert wrote, “To teach is to learn it twice.”