Alpine Valley School is a K-12 school in Wheat Ridge CO founded in 1997. We are a non-profit, independent school that follows the Sudbury Model of education. This podcast features interviews with graduates of our school, plus discussions of our unique philosophy, and ways to get involved.
Most people involved in self-directed education know that staff are the adult members of the school community, but what is the actual role staff membe...
What are school wounds? How do they develop, and who do they affect? This is a topic we explore on episode 55 of the Alpine Valley School podcast, alo...
In mainstream education, parents and teachers are continually breaking down children into two separate groups: good students and bad students. In this...
It’s been a while, but Alpine Valley School is still here! In this episode Marc provides an update about what life at our school is going to look like...
Introducing a new podcast from Alpine Valley School - Lockdown Learning As COVID-19 swept the globe from east to west this year, so has home education...
Like many schools around the world, Alpine Valley School is currently closed. Without a physical space where we can congregate, our self-directed lear...
In this episode, we sit down with the parents of three currently enrolled students. The Shannon family shares what brought them to Alpine Valley Schoo...
Episode 50: Favorite Stories From Around the USA To celebrate the milestone of our 50th episode, the Alpine Valley School podcast collected favorite s...
Episode 49: Unschooling Sudbury schools and Unschoolers have always had quite a bit of overlap in their philosophies, but how do unschooled students m...
Episode 48: Elections Important decisions at our school are made, not by a central authority figure, but by the democratic process of voting. All stud...