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By Clonlara School Landon Churchill epitomizes an emergency response professional, and then some. As a lieutenant with the Colorado River Fire Rescue, Landon’s duties include company supervisor, incident commander, paramedic, structural and wildland firefighter, fire apparatus operator, field training officer, and technical rescue technician. “The…

By Clonlara School As communities around the world attempt to understand and adjust to COVID-19, many families are wondering how to continue their children’s learning at home. Can parents and family members really teach their children, even if they are not experts in specific subject…

By Clonlara School A relative newcomer to Clonlara School, Mimi started in the Off-Campus Program in the fall of 2019. The school had been recommended by family friends in Wisconsin, whose kids had all graduated from Clonlara some years ago. Mimi enjoys the more relaxed,…

By Clonlara School Dasha is a 13-year-old student in Clonlara School’s Off-Campus Program. She supplements her learning with online courses and is working hard to learn Hungarian (a new language for her). When Dasha was only 7 years old, she had her first introduction to…

By Clonlara School Devan Vane is a current senior at Clonlara School. He’s been enrolled in the Off-Campus Program for nine years and lives in California. He describes himself as an 18-year-old dwarf who is passionate about history and politics. Devan is having a senior…

By Clonlara School Growing up in central Virginia, Joe Maltby had been homeschooled his entire life. At 14, he moved to northeast Colorado, where he enrolled in Home-Based Education Program (now the Off-Campus Program) for his high school years. After graduating from Clonlara, Joe stayed…

By Inês Peceguina, Guest Author One of Clonlara School’s most fundamental beliefs is that children learn best when their interests guide their activities. Thus, for a student to learn a subject at a deeper level, they must be actively engaged in the learning process. However,…

By Clonlara School How do you know when a student has really learned something? When they can teach it to someone else! Giving students the opportunity to teach others through presentations helps young learners retain information, strengthen the connections between new material and their background knowledge,…

By Clonlara School Rose Edwards, the ocean, and its creatures are deeply connected. Since tidepooling on the coast of Maine as a child, Rose has spent most of her life at, in, on, or thinking about the sea in one way or another. In 6th…

By Pat Montgomery, Founder Editor’s Note: From time to time, we’ll “look back” through our archives to share articles that are as relevant today as when they were printed. In this piece that was originally published in the August 2002 issue of The Learning Edge,…

Clonlara School students have autonomy to learn however they learn best. This kind of freedom can be powerful for young learners, but it also requires them to develop efficient organizational skills early on.Because every learner is different, it is important for students to find what…

By Clonlara School Jesse Millek, Ph.D., has always been fascinated by ancient history and archaeology. This fascination was fueled during high school, when Clonlara School’s Home-Based Education Program (now the Off-Campus Program) enabled him to immerse himself in these topics. Today, Jesse is a visiting…