House Mountain Learning Cooperative

Our final unit of the year invited learners to think like both game designers and entrepreneurs. We kicked things off by exploring a big...

What an incredible journey we had with our "Tinkers, Thinkers, and World Changers" theme! Every week, our learners amazed us with their...

This spring, our learners jumped into an eight-week exploration of readers’ theatre—an approach to performance that focuses on vocal...

After seeing how excited our learners were about writing and creating characters during our storytelling session, we knew we wanted to...

We kicked off our new school year with so much excitement, gathering together again for a six-week dive into the art of storytelling! It...

What an amazing way to wrap up our school year! Our learners jumped into the world of biomes with so much energy and curiosity. We kicked...

As our historical figures unit wrapped up we noticed that our learners were engrossed by building and creating. Whether it was recreating...

One of the drawbacks of a small micro-school with multiple grades in one classroom is that it is impossible to cover an entire history...

We wanted to kick off our winter break with a celebration, and as we always do at HMLC, we asked our learners to plan it. Our planning...

One of the aspects I love about our micro-school is that we can dive into special projects and stretch them out to sneak learning into...

Over Thanksgiving I did something unheard of at HMLC - I sent the learners home with a project. Since we have been studying stories - who...

In the first week of HMLC, we asked the learners to join committees to set up our school procedures and rules. They came up with their...

For many years I was a staunch supporter of public education in every form. I was opposed to private and charter schools and felt that if...