A public high school serving 9th & 10th grades in
bulbancha / NEW ORLEANS EAST*
*Living School sits on land historically belonging to many non-human relations & Indigenous Peoples including the Atakapa/Ishak, Houma, Chitimacha, Choctaw, Coushatta, Tunica-Biloxi, Caddo, Natchez, Mvskoke/Creek, Cherokee,Caillou/Dulac, Point-Au-Chien, and Quinipissa.
2017 Shirt - Get educated.
James Baldwin, Paolo Freire, Lauryn Hill
Grace Lee Boggs, Chief Sitting Bull, Howard Zinn
Harriet Tubman, Lao Tzu, Bob Marley
Living Threads
Support an equity-focused, democratic, project-based education by wearing some of our heroes!
Six ways to get a shirt:
2018 Shirt - Make her/history better.
Dolores Huerta, Paul Farmer, Ida B. Wells
Mahatma Gandhi, Amelia Boynton Robinson, Malala Yousafzai
Nelson Mandela, Shirley Chisolm, Thich Nhat Hanh
2019 Shirt - New Orleans / Bulbancha Heroes.
Leah Chase, Dorothy Mae Taylor, Kalamu ya Salaam
Oretha Castle Haley, A.P. Tureaud, Jerome "Big Duck" Smith
Malik Rahim, Luther Gray, Dyan "Mama D" French
Living School cultivates equity by nurturing students to do work that improves their lives, communities, and environment through holistic health, citizenship, & entrepreneurship.
We envision a world where all children get what they need to live healthy, rewarding lives in equitable, peaceful communities, in an interconnected, thriving world.
All graduates work to earn:
College acceptance
Advanced trade
certification
Living-wage job offer
Habits of a healthy life
Living School Vision
DESIGN PRINCIPLES
EQUITY
Most schools measure success only with grades & test scores, reifying structural oppression.
We measure success with outcomes that promote equity: student, community, and environmental holistic health.
Who we learn from
Advisories
Restorative discipline
School health clinic
Culturally inclusive curriculum & liberatory pedagogy
How we put it to practice
Holistic health metrics
Data triangulation
INTENTIONAL BIODIVERSITY
Most schools are de-facto segregated, use standardized methods, and focus on singular outcomes.
We intentionally integrate diverse people and methods to create the conditions where a healthy ecosystem of learning can flourish.
Who we learn from
Full inclusion
Open-enrollment
Personalized pathways & Individual Graduation Plans
College & career focus
Collaborative projects
Diverse students & staff
How we put it to practice
DEMOCRATIC COMMUNITY
Most schools are built for students & families instead of with them, giving stakeholders little agency.
Students, families, and staff form democratic branches that co-design every element of the school to balance institutionalized power.
Who we learn from
Staff Executive Council
Family Judiciary
Generation Cycles & Student-led Conferences
Community Meetings
Shared chores
Student Legislature
How we put it to practice
REAL-WORLD WORK
Most schools silo and simplify learning into distinct subjects divorced from their authentic application.
All learning is facilitated collaboratively through interdisciplinary, authentic inquiry, projects, problems, internships, and apprenticeships.
Who we learn from
Project, problem, and inquiry based learning
Internships & apprenticeships
Exhibitions & Presentations of Learning
Digital Portfolios
Entrepreneurship
Flipped classrooms
How we put it to practice
GET IN TOUCH
We'd love to hear from you
6003 Bullard Ave., Ste. 16
New Orleans East, LA
Fax: (504) 336-3062