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WEEK WITHOUT WALLS
Students visit Oakland Museum of California in "From Walls to Museum Halls", a Week Without Walls course designed to expose students to art in the bay area.
WEEK WITHOUT WALLS
Students visit Chabot College Planetarium, in "Whats Up in the Sky?", a Week Without Walls course designed to expose students to new experiences.
June 3, 2010
Beyond the Classroom in Week Without Walls
Walk on an LPS campus during Week Without Walls and you may find empty classrooms and lonely lunch rooms. This is because for one week in each school year, every LPS student has the opportunity to experience learning outside of the usual classroom format. Week Without Walls, an LPS Signature Experience, is designed to help build student leadership skills and foster connections to the school and local communities. Every year, students can choose from a myriad of activities including: urban and rural food systems, producing a music video or play, going camping, interviewing start-up entrepreneurs and learning about Silicon Valley careers, participating in social service projects and much more. The week culminates with presentations and exhibitions of this extended learning. This year’s 2009 Week Without Walls program was filled with thoughtfully-designed and exciting learning opportunities that ranged from studying urban hip hop and civil rights to flying the blue skies of the Bay Area. Here are just a few of the many learning adventures LPS students participated in last month:
Epic Martial Arts
Twenty students from Epic Martial Arts at LPS-San Jose took part in a life-changing journey to Lake Tahoe as part of the programs third annual black belt test, hosted by Master Greg D. Garcia of the
Week With Wings
LPS-College
I Love My Body!
LPS-Richmond students learned about healthy eating, practiced yoga, tried out Pilates, hiked to the “Top of the World” in Point
Harlem to
LPS-Hayward students investigated the music, history and culture of the Non-Stop Lindy Hop while receiving lessons from professional dance instructors.