Sukhomlynsky describes the need for joy in early childhood education 5:00am, Lolita, home Want to read about my big fight with my uni mentor? Read on, but you will have to be a bit patient! “No, you are not babysitting me,” Lori insisted on Saturday. “Sisters don’t babysit, they hang out!” OK! Excuse me!!! So…

Lolita, 2pm, in Oliver I am so sad I missed the trip to the Patio and Hearth Store but Lori’s dinner tales made me feel like I was right there! Today it was perfect weather for running: humid, drizzly, low 40’s. Not a single child complained. They are truly fleet-footed Indigenous at the core—and so…

How to build a culture of service within a school? How to help students integrate an ethos of service into their lives? Heidi, a high school senior from New York City, was one of the “youth consultants” who helped write the Longhouse School mission statement in the summer of 2025. Here she writes about her…

This is a post written by “Junior,” a high school sophomore and one of my best friends. I wanted to include this because, in my mind, he represents the ideal learner that I hope the Longhouse School will raise. Like many of our children, Junior had a very challenging childhood with a lot of interrupted…

Helping to design an outdoor oven: Project-based learning, Democratic education, and learning group process skills By Lolita, home in Oliver, 2pm I had had a few rough days from trying to do too much in too little time. Maybe some type of mini-breakdown? Here are some of my reflections. Yes, I am alive and well.…

3:30pm, Lolita, home. I have comp time for some of the weekend work I have been doing so I didn’t go out ice-skating with the kids. I have so much work I want to do for my course! I am also slowly getting http://www.longhouseschool.blog into shape. I have about 60% of the content I want…

To help readers better follow LonghouseSchool.blog, here is a summary of characters. Next, to each name, when available, is each character’s Reddit tag. The Owners (SSSSHHH! They are a polyamorous MMFF family with five children!): Guy (u/GuyAgiosNikolaos) is one of the four owners and is a co-director of Longhouse Elem. He’s a former soldier who…

(Junior is Cardi’s brother and one of our best friends. This post is not specifically about Longhouse but it provides a lot of support to the program we are building here. Sopie Yao is Junior’s GF and her family comes from Ivory Coast in West Africa. Hedia is our friend. She and her family, the…

8:00am, Lolita. I’m in Oliver with my BFF Lori. We finished running on the County road, breakfast at the Diner, another run to the Park, and laps in the heated pool! The owners left last night for a holiday weekend escape so the Maracles and I agreed that Lori would spend the night with me,…

This post was written by “Julie,” one of the Park/School owners. She’s a fierce advocate for Longhouse Education. She is the bookkeeper and manager of the RV Park and handles many details. We can see her peering at the school from her office or porch! Yesterday the students moved back into their Lodge. Thanks to…