Adventure
TEA Students Visit Senior Center to Share Music
This week in music, grades 4-6, we visited the Sierra Senior Center. Students were broken into groups where they interviewed an elder and discovered their musical tastes and background.
Class of 2017 College Acceptances
Our college admissions and acceptances are growing every day with this senior class! The UC system is on a roll and showing us the love! UC Santa Cruz just accepted a few of our students and more decisions are on their way.
TEA Presents: Our Relationship to Risk by Judy Klein
Judy Klein is an Assistant Professor at the UCSF-ZSFG Department of Emergency Medicine. Judy will present on the importance of connecting with nature and risky play in the outdoors.
Middle School Students Learn the Most Valuable Back-country Lesson of Them All
The 7th and 8th grades did a terrific job orienting themselves with the touring gear and assessing their packs in their on-snow prep. But the weather was starting to turn. Weather underground was forecasting 8-12 inches on Thursday and another 8-12 on Friday.
TEA Students Build Remotely Operated Vehicles for Research and Exploration
Our students are challenged with real-life problems. For this +Impact Study, students had to create a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) that could monitor environmental concerns in aquatic ecosystems.
5th-Grade Students Present Green Building Ideas for the New Tahoe Expedition Academy Campus
Led by 5th-grade teacher Matt Morrison, our semester-long learning expedition titled “Consumption Presumption” took 5th-grade students deep into the world of sustainability, renewable energy and green building practices.
In the News: +Impact School Featured in Recent Financial Times Story
The Financial Times recently visited our school to investigate Silicon Valley’s role in bringing personalized learning to the forefront of education.
In the News: +Impact School Featured in Education Dive Article
Education Dive, an education industry news site, intervied +Impact School’s CEO on the school’s unique building design.
+Impact School Hosts “A Celebration of Learning” on February 8th
You are invited to +Impact School’s Celebration of Learning Our “Celebration of Learning” is an opportunity for +Impact students to share their learning with the public at this open house-style event.
In the News: Tahoe Expedition Academy Featured in YubaNet.com Article
YubaNet.com, Northern California News Site, covers our new campus launch and associated fundraising.
Into the West: A Historical Look at Manifest Destiny
+Impact Students recently traveled to the southwest to deepen their understanding of Indigenous cultures and the impact that manifest destiny had on them.