Welcome to our public charter school!
Welcome to our public charter school!
Aurora Waasakone Community of Learners (also called AWCL) is located in the Bemidji area with a focus on place-based education, environmental education, and interdisciplinary learning.
Aurora Waasakone Community of Learners (also called AWCL) is located in the Bemidji area with a focus on place-based education, environmental education, and interdisciplinary learning.
Place-Based Education
Place-Based Education
is learning IN, ABOUT, WITH and FROM your place in the world, engaging students in interesting topics that builds understanding, creativity, and purpose.
is learning IN, ABOUT, WITH and FROM your place in the world, engaging students in interesting topics that builds understanding, creativity, and purpose.
Mission and Vision Statements
Mission and Vision Statements
Our Mission:
Our Mission:
To provide place-based learning experiences that immerse students in the exploration of Minnesota’s past, present, and future and teach the value of academic rigor, diversity and inclusivity, community responsiveness, and environmental stewardship.
To provide place-based learning experiences that immerse students in the exploration of Minnesota’s past, present, and future and teach the value of academic rigor, diversity and inclusivity, community responsiveness, and environmental stewardship.
Our vision:
Our vision:
For students to use their natural ability to be reflective questioners, articulate communicators, critical thinkers, and skilled problem solvers, so they can be leaders of their own learning and successfully navigate the world.
For students to use their natural ability to be reflective questioners, articulate communicators, critical thinkers, and skilled problem solvers, so they can be leaders of their own learning and successfully navigate the world.
Our Habits of Character
Our Habits of Character
