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Avalon SchoolAvalon School is a project-based charter high school in St. Paul, Minnesota. At Avalon, there are teachers. They are usually refered to by their first names; Some of these teachers are also advisors, brave leaders of a homeroom-like group of students. These 'advisories' are housed in small sections of a large room created by cubicle style walls. Advisories are where students work on projects, homework, and math, when they don't have a seminar. The math program is very amusing. You get a scan card, a practice (or test, diagnostic, or exercise) and a name on the Math Computer. You fill out the scan card so the numbers and letters all correspond, and put it through the scanner. The math computer then tells you what you got right, and what you got wrong, and gives you more work. Avalon is project-based, meaning the focus of the student's work is independent projects. If a student has an idea for a project, he or she must fill out a proposal form and rubric, get parent approval, and present their idea to their advisor. When the project has been completed, the student must do a reflection, a tedious process of answering questions about the development of your project, what you learned, and how this helps the world/community. It is then taken back to the advisor, who asks you questions you wish they'd asked when you showed them your final product, and then it is signed off as 'done'. External Links
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