The Grove School is a

Montessori The Montessori method of education involves children's natural interests and activities rather than formal teaching methods. A Montessori classroom places an emphasis on hands-on learning and developing real-world skills. It emphasizes indepen ...

-based public charter school located in

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, United States. The school serves grades 7–12 on two campuses. Based on Montessori theory and practice, the Grove School accepts children from families in the Redlands School District, and those in surrounding communities.

School structure and campuses

The Grove School was founded in 1999. The high school (grades ten to twelve) sits on the campus of Montessori in Redlands. The Farm or middle school campus (grades 7–9) was founded in 2003 and is a working farm, run by students. The classrooms are housed in the old farmhouse and associated outbuildings. The land, part of the Heritage Park Historical District in Redlands, includes facilities for small livestock and basic agricultural crops. The Farm campus includes historic Barton School House. Built in 1901, it is one of the oldest buildings in Redlands. It was moved from its original location, Alabama Street, to Heritage Park on the Farm School campus. Ninth grade farm students are slowly incorporated into the high school community over the course of the year.

Academics

The Grove School follows the Montessori philosophy that students learn best by "doing." The Grove is a

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Clubs

* ASB/

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* FFA * STAR (Support The Artistic Ravens) * SOAR (Support Our Athletic Ravens) * Speech and Debate *

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* Environmental Club * Chivalry * Music Club * Metal Club *

International Thespian Society The International Thespian Society (ITS) is an honor society for high school and middle school theatre students. It is a division of the Educational Theatre Association. Thespian troupes serve students in grades 9–12; Junior Thespian troupes s ...

* Art Club * Math Club * Global Awareness Club/ Model United Nations * Mental Health Awareness Club *

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Service Club * Pride Club * International Thespians Society * National Honors Society * Choir * Music Ensemble * Mock trial speech and debate

Athletics

The Grove School offers multiple sports to both middle school and high school students. Grove is a member of

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and competes in multiple leagues. Leagues * Majestic League * Inland Coast League (Boys Volleyball) * Victory League (Varsity Soccer) * Mountain Valley League (Middle School) High School teams (9-12) *

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

(Boys) * Cross Country (Boys) * Cross Country (Girls) *

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

(Boys/Co-ed) *

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

(Girls) *

(Boys) Middle School teams (7-8) *

(Girls) *

(Co-ed) * Cross Country (Boys) * Cross Country (Girls) *

(Boys)

References

External links

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