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HOUSTON OUTDOOR LEARNING ACADEMY
is a full-time school for students who wish to
combine their innate curiosity, love of the outdoors,
and academic growth into an educational setting that
uses a hands-on approach to enhance self-esteem,
multiple intelligences, academic knowledge, social
skills, and personal success.
We are a school with a focus on the outdoors. We
welcome diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis
or race, color, national or ethnic origins, sexual
orientation, gender, or religion. Please feel free to
call or e-mail us with any additional questions about
the school or program. Our phone number is 713-224-4652.
Our email: firefly7@earthlink.net |
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We are an
alternative to mass schooling. We do not have tardy
bells, overcrowding, uniforms, or 45-minute periods.
HOLA operates on the premise that the curriculum for
each student should be individualized based upon the
skills, talents, and interests of the student. All
students should attain academic excellence, but all
students will not reach the goal on the same path.
The outdoors is our resource for motivating students and
a catalyst for academic growth. Making connections
between student interests and the academic curriculum is
accomplished by our outdoor activities. The outdoors is
a perfect hands-on lab for learning math, science, and
social studies, and is a perfect motivator for
encouraging growth in reading, writing, and the arts.
Developing self-confidence, responsibility, and social
skills are achieved through experiences and challenges
inherent in the outdoors. Our curriculum provides a
structured educational setting, but the outdoors
provides students with the opportunity for developing
creativity, problem-solving, and intelligence in a
natural, unscheduled environment.
One web site that may be of interest to you is
the
Alternative Education Resource Organization. It is
a great source of information on alternative forms of
education and learning. The sites we have chosen as
links in our favorite links section are good sources of
information. However, we do not necessarily agree with
each and every opinion contained within these sites, nor
are we affiliated with any of them. |
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