Nearly 100 students at the Butler Senior High School gathered late last week to help create their vision for an ideal school.
The session was a part of a recent $70,000 grant the district was awarded to help “extend learning outside of the school’s wall.”
The 87 juniors broke into groups to design their “dream school,” which could include new programs, different classroom concepts, and more.
This opportunity for students is really neat because we’re giving them the idea to dream, and dream big,” Jason Huffman, co-principal at the Senior High said. “With the idea that it’s not just a dream, but over the course of years-and-years to come, those dreams are going to be something they can see.”
Huffman says the students produced 10 initiatives that will be used to help guide the future.
“The goal is to create something today that our kindergarteners will be able to take advantage of when they get to the Senior High School,” Huffman said.
District officials also say they hope for the initiatives to expand into the community.
“What if we could reimagine the neighborhood around Emily Brittain so that children and adults alike have access to unique, engaging learning opportunities? Pulling inspiration from Mister Rogers, we plan to reimagine the corridor that leads from the school to the library and transform it into a free, empowering space for children and their families to form meaningful connections and build positive relationships while they’re learning together,” Butler officials wrote in their Moonshot grant application.
