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Alternative Education

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Trevor Day School’s Alternative Education program asks students to apply what they are learning in school to the world around them. They are asked to relate their curricular studies to the responsibilities they have as students, community members and citizens. Some components of Alternative Education are service learning, field trips and Outdoor Education trips. Trevor Day School encourages students to develop responsibility for themselves as individuals, as Trevor Day School community members, and as global citizens.

We look at community service at three different levels. Students need to be responsible for and aware of the Trevor Community, the Neighborhood/ NYC, and world concerns. Students do this by taking care of the classrooms/cafeteria/Common Room, participating in street cleanups by advisee groups and homerooms, running food and toy drives for local charities, participating in fundraisers (such as the AIDS Walk), and participating in weekend community service opportunities (sites vary). We welcome and support students’ initiatives as well. High School students may volunteer for service related internships during the Bridge Trimester, the last trimester of their senior year or during the summer or school year.

Throughout the year we ask teachers to use local resources to support their curriculum as well. Museums, parks, aquariums and theaters often provide invaluable extensions to the lessons being taught in the classroom. We also invite appropriate speakers and programs into the school.

The outdoor education component allows students to expand their physical and social boundaries. The program’s curriculum focuses on a particular area of development for each grade.