Explorations

Once a week, Birches students in grades 2 and up participate in Explorations. These are 6-week mini-units that cover a great variety of topics. Explorations give students the opportunity to delve into electives outside of their daily curriculum. They work in small, mixed-age groups, collaborating with peers who have similar interests.  Exploration classes are taught by Birches faculty, staff, and other community educators Past explorations offerings have included: improv, chess, lego robotics, ceramics, knitting, running club, sculpture, wildcrafting, electricity & simple circuits, stop animation, 3-D printing, ceramics, musical theater, violin, drumming, ultimate frisbee, soccer and printmaking. Check out two of our Moviemaking Explorations videos below!