UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio -- First-, second- and fifth-grade students at Wickliffe Progressive held a Town Hall Wednesday to show their parents what they learned: anything from writing their own commercials to sharing information on what they learned while reading books about survival.
Then, parents followed the students into their classrooms to get a first-hand look at the curriculum and participate in an activity.
First- and second-grade teacher Sabrina Walters said parent involvement is just as important as that of students.
The children talk about their interests and discuss them in groups.
Walters says the class is rarely quiet because there is almost always a class discussion.
"They're studying the solar system in the first grade ... It's fabulous. I really think it's great and wish I had the same schooling when I was young," grandparent Pamela Willis said.
Students and parents share in the decision-making process about what the students study.
Superintendent Jeffrey Weaver said Wickliffe is one of only a handful of progressive community schools in the state that is run by a school district. It is rated Excellent with Distinction.
Some parents want progressive schools at the middle- and high-school levels, but Weaver said progressive projects are built into the middle- and high-school curricula.
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