Curriculum Standards
According to 21st Century Learning, “We live in a society which is continually evolving and yet, somehow, it has become generally accepted that schooling should not change. Many still hold expectations that what “used to work” remains appropriate. But we are not the same, we are different. The world is different.
Curriculum Slideshow
Our classes incorporate many hands-on, cross-discipline learning projects
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Another cross-discipline collaboration between our Digital Photography and Biology classes, utilizing outdoor spaces
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Ledyard Charter School values the educational support it receives from community partners and gives back approximately 800 hours in service (crop gleaning for Willing Hands shown)
Learning should be fun! Featured here is a trebuchet designed and constructed in one of our math classes.
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Our small, hands-on classes encourage collaboration in learning while having fun! (Cooking & Nutrition Class shown)
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Our classes are designed to engage students in traditional subjects while teaching them real-life skills.
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Ledyard Charter School offers a program that provides students with the important foundations of a strong curriculum; alternative education does not necessarily mean we throw out the functional and beneficial coursework and solely offer “outside-the-box” learning experiences. The wise person knows the benefits of combining the practical with the pioneering, the traditional with the innovative.
Students at LCS reap the benefits of a program that meet the demands of the world – writing, reading, mathematics, history & science – without foregoing the valuable aspects of education and experience such as technology, world cultures, languages, social sciences, studio art, music, physical activity & culinary arts. The LCS faculty delivers a challenging curriculum in inventive ways; we make learning relevant & fun.
- Expressive Painting
- Poetry Collaboration Course taught by Dartmouth College
- Murder Mysteries
- Graphic Novels
- Cooking & Nutrition
- Graphic Design
- Intro to Engineering
- Digital Photography
- Outdoor Education
- Creative Writing
- Work Study / Internships
- Extended Learning Opportunities (ELO)
- Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (VLACS)
- Hartford Area Career & Technology Center (HACTC)
- Extracurricular Programs (Robotics Team & Athletics with districts of residence)
Educational Partnerships:
- Dartmouth College
- River Valley Community College
- Geisel School of Medicine
- University of New Hampshire
- Granite State College
- Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
- Hartford Area Careerr & Technology Center (HACTC)
- Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (VLACS)
- The Center for School Success
- Upper Valley Education Institute
- Second Growth
- Women's Information Services (WISE)
- Grantham School District
- Mascoma Valley Regional School District
- Lebanon School District
- Kearsarge School District
- Newport School District
- Plainfield School District
The Ledyard Charter School may accept transfer credits from any approved public, private or approved homeschool program. (Credits from unaccredited schools will be evaluated on an individual basis.)
A standard diploma is received by earning 22 Credits and providing 20 hours of community service annually.