Whats a day like at Mirkwood School?
At Mirkwood School, students have the option to design their own schedule (with or without the help of a staffer), or to pursue activities as they like throughout the day without a schedule. Some students may choose to use a “work plan” to design their activities for each day or each week. Different students will follow different needs and interests in different ways, so there’s no “typical” or “average” structure to a student’s day. For the school as a whole, though, it’s possible to get a general picture of what a day is like. Students can arrive at a time that’s comfortable for them, starting at around 8:00 AM. As they arrive, they can begin to pick up on projects they may have left off before, grab a staff member to help with a project, read together, begin planning their day, etc. After everyone has arrived, we have our morning meeting. Here we have announcements, concerns, coordinating schedules and plans for the day, a chance to check in with one another, a chance to show new ma
