RWCS 2011 - 2012
Roots & Wings Community School is a FREE Public Charter School located in Lama, New Mexico. We offer an innovative, experiential education design model in a rural & wilderness setting, for 48 students in grades 5-8. RWCS is affiliated with Expeditionary Learning (EL), a nationally acclaimed school reform program that involves over one hundred public schools across America.
Experiential Education At RWCS, academics are taught through interdisciplinary, hands-on Learning Expeditions that revolve around central themes and projects. We incorporate single and multi-day field study trips that are relevant to classroom material.
Our unique curriculum blends structured classroom time, thematic field work, service-learning and extra-curricular educational outdoor adventure, offering students opportunities to develop leadership and cooperative skills, contextualized academic learning, critical thinking, and a positive self-image.
Welcome to Roots and Wings Community School
Roots & Wings has openings in its bilingual Kindergarten and 1st Grade; we’re gradually growing into a K-8!!!
Application for grades 5-8. We have a few openings!
School Supply Lists:
Mark Your Calendar
February 29rd ........... K-1 trip
March 12th-14th.........March Experience
March 15th..................In service. No school for students
March 16th-23rd.........Spring Break
April 6th......................No School (Good Friday)
May 1st-4th.................In service. No school for students.
May 7th.......................Pre-trip Meeting
May 10th.....................Celebration of Learning
May 20th-26th............Passage
May 28th....................No School (Memorial Day)
May 29th....................Graduation!
80% of RWCS take public transportation to school, followed by a refreshing walk. Good for the environment, good for the body!
