I remember coming here that first visit, driving up that hill the first time, it's breathtaking.
It's stunning when you come here to see this grand estate set on this beautiful natural
environment.
We were just blown away the amount of time that the kindergarten class spent outside.
They really took the natural environment of our campus, whether it was hiking or walking
to the pond, stopping to observe, whether it was a bug or a stick, they really brought
the natural environment inside the classroom and I'd never seen that before and for a kid
like Ged who loves to be outside and loves to run around, it was just such a game changer
for him.
He didn't get that at his former preschool.
I came here in sixth grade from a public school and the public school had twenty-three
about kids to a class and that was just way too much and when I came here it had about
I don't know, all my classes this year about under fifteen so it definitely helps you get
extra attention from the teacher and helps you learn a lot better.
When we visited Renbrook for the first time we did notice that the small classroom size
for all the classes but what really struck us was the passion that the teachers had for
their subject as well as really the students.
It was just phenomenal to see such engagement, the students were just really interested in
the whole learning process.
I think the best way we challenge students is by making them experience real world problem
solving.
They don't just read about colonial America, they build an entire village of colonial America,
they don't just study a country, they participate in the United Nations, they don't just learn
about the physics of play, they go out and sit in a helicopter, they experience a lot
more and therefore it's differentiated naturally.
I love watching a student push through the discomfort of not knowing something and then
actually seeing the light bulb go on above their head or the light that lights up in
their eyes.
I love when kids are figuring out how to balance equations in chemistry and saying this is challenging
or I don't understand and then we're working with something on the desk so they can see
it visually and they're saying oh well that makes total sense.
The athletics here allows a number of things to take place.
First and foremost we're mixing the grades so we have younger ones in sixth grade that
are joining and they're all eyes wide open and they're looking around and they're like
look at all these big kids and so we have our upperclassmen who are the leaders, who
are the young ones at one time and they've grown into their roles and so the cross grade
interactions are tremendous and so we get great role model setups.
I feel that my leadership is mostly on the playing fields and the athletic fields help
me encourage teammates and it's fun to be with not just my own grade, I can be with
all four grades at once playing soccer.
I've taken many risks except running for student council president.
I feel comfortable taking these risks because I know no matter what happens that people
will support me.
When I first came to Rembrook I was super shy and a lot less confident than I am now
because of all the teachers and all my friends, they're also like approachable and I feel
really comfortable around them.
Walk down our hallways, walk into our classrooms and that's exactly what you'll see.
High energy, students taking risks, students who are naturally curious, students taking
challenges all in a collaborative way.
The Rembrook community really is a family and I love that I can bring my kids here every
day and it's their home away from home.
