What Parents Are Saying…
Why do parents love Great Minds Learning Community?
“The micro-school is built around diversity and inclusion. Teachers, students, and parents work together to create a sense of community and growth for everyone. Great Minds focuses on strengths and builds on success. Students learn how to harness their strengths to help overcome challenges. They are encouraged to lend their strengths to others (versus judge people on their shortcomings). The result is students with self-confidence who know how to be authentic to themselves and how to connect and accept others as who they are. “
“We have seen wonderful social and academic growth in our daughter during her first year with PBL (project-based learning) and are happy to have found a place where she can grow and be happy.”
“Great Minds Learning Community has been a great fit for 2e daughter. Deanne is positive, patient, flexible, and meets the students where they’re at while also scaffolding them to stretch just beyond their comfort zones. After two years at Great Minds, I’ve noticed a lot of social-emotional growth in my daughter, especially with perspective taking and flexibility. Great Minds Learning Community is a strengths-based school, with student input, so students usually find a way to include their passions in their work. We highly recommend Great Minds Learning Community for twice-exceptional students.”
“We have always felt so welcomed as part of the GMLC tribe. You have created an important, nurturing, educational community.”
“We are so grateful to you and Great Minds for the wonderful growth experience he has had this year. I will continue to recommend GMLC to our GT and 2e friends.”
“I really appreciate your loving heart and all your efforts to mentor my daughter through this process. I hope you know how much of a positive impact you have had on her. As a mom, I’m grateful for this. You are an incredibly devoted teacher and guide to your students. Your work is needed and making a difference.”
What Students Are Saying:
“The projects are things I care about.”
“I work hard but get lots of breaks when I need them.”
“I enjoy talking with my teacher about my life. She really listens.”
“I have made real friends, and we have fun.”
“I draw and play with clay to help me focus during class. The school I used to go to didn’t let me do that.”
“We do projects that make a difference in the world, and I like that.”
“The teachers are flexible and change things to make it work for all the students.”
“I’m learning real stuff, not just trying to pass a test.”
“My teacher “gets” me. I get to work on creative projects, and I like picking our own projects.”