October 2023 Visible Feedback & Reflection Training, working at conference table.

Why Visible Feedback and Reflection? For students, effective and meaningful feedback and opportunities for guided reflection are gamechangers. As a key component of the Agile in Education Compass, “Visible Feedback and Reflection is goal-centered, purposeful, and relevant,[fostering] a connection and application for both educators and learners. Visible feedback can become a powerful opportunity for students … Read more

Strength Before Power Can Be Key To Being an Online High School Student

Performance One of the most important features of sports performance is maximal muscular power. Muscular power isn’t just bounding at maximum speed, or throwing something with maximum velocity. It also includes the strength to decelerate the body against gravity, or mass coming toward the body. Injuries don’t happen from the pushing of something, but from … Read more

VIP – A Day On The Ranch

A Day On The Ranch

The VIP Program Connects Students To A New World https://www.blueprinteducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/The-VIP-Program-Connects-Students-To-A-New-World.m4a On Friday, April 29, 2022, the VIP program (which stands for value, independence, and purpose) provided by Blueprint Education, transported 22 students from Hope High School and Hope High School Online, to a wonderful outdoor retreat experience at the Flying E Ranch. The students, Blueprint … Read more

We Are Now Ready For Takeoff

Agile in Education: How Hope High School Embraced the Journey and Learned to Fly https://www.blueprinteducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1-Krissyn_blog_intro_1.mp3 When Krissyn Sumare was offered the position as the next Hope High School Principal in 2014, she was ecstatic, despite the negative circumstances surrounding that school. Things like violence, drugs, poor attendance, and low proficiency rates all threatened school closure, … Read more

Calling All Online High School Arizona Students – Look Where You Want To Go, Not Where You Don’t Want To Go

sailing ship with GPS icons

Calling All Online High School Arizona Students – “Look where you want to go, not where you don’t want to go.” It’s a lesson I learned the hard way on a mountain bike ride several years ago. Staunchly independent, raised with a zero-tolerance level for making mistakes, crashing into boulders and onto the ground rendered … Read more

Question Addiction As An Online High School Student

Asking questions. It’s my new obsession. Asking questions. It’s my new obsession. Every day I crave its rhetorical fix. When I ask a question, answers start to seep through my head, causing a steady dopamine drip. Some people say dopamine (the reward hormone) is literally like a drug, so I guess I’m like a question … Read more