Tour the Ross Valley Charter School Campus in Fairfax San Anselmo Area

Inquiry-Based Education in Action

Ross Valley Charter is inquiry-based, multi-age education in action. Students are empowered to explore their interests, follow leads, and work together to solve problems and answer questions. Inquiry-based learning helps students accumulate knowledge as they progress from grade to grade. Inquiry in education is about a greater understanding of the world in which children live, learn, communicate, and work.

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Our community is kind and generous! Our play structure went up this Saturday and our garden is in full bloom thanks to some amazing parent volunteers.
#rossvalleycharter
#community
#playstructureisup
#grow
#schoolgarden
#ittakesavillage
#ourvillagerocks
#rvcvolunteers

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Thank you to @schoolsrulemarin for your continued support of our students! This year’s grant of $4,273.44 allows us to provide funding for our literacy and art programs. We are proud to be a part of this wonderful coalition working together with every public school foundation in Marin to benefit every student in our county.
#schoolsrulemarin
#everystudentmatters
#literacy
#art
#grateful
#worktogether
#rossvalleycharter

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Extra, extra, read all about it! Ross Valley Charter’s FIRST EDITION of the RVC Reporter newspaper 📰 💙
These kids are curious, hardworking and diligent fact finders! Good job RVC reporters!!!
#curiositypowered
#becurious
#schoolnewspaper
#RVCreporter
#greatinfo
#readallaboutit

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What does Indigenous Peoples Day mean to you? For RVC, it means many things, primarily honoring the native people. We hope to do that by teaching and modeling respect, traditions, honoring the earth, being mindful of those who came before us, and maybe most importantly: being responsible world citizens. If we can be respectful and responsible world citizens, the Earth and all its people (and creatures) will be honored in much deeper ways.
#indigenouspeoplesday
#communityweaving
#artmusicandperformance
#mindfulness
#mindfulkids
#reapectmotherearth
#respectanimals
#respectnature🌎
#honoringtraditions
#citizensoftheworld
#socialemotionallearning

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This is ME! Love seeing self portraits at the beginning of the year - how much have you grown or changed since last year? How will you draw the changes? They hang proudly all around our school, which says “we see you”. 💙
#selfportrait
#artallthetime
#wholechild
#socialemotionallearning
#rossvalleycharter
#curiositypowered
#becurious

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Sewing handmade pencil cases (with donated materials)...because, why not?! So creative, good for the brain, and a way to keep kids from arguing over their favorite pencil. Thank you Molly, Pollie, Stessie and Cassidy in Ms. Katie’s class! ✏️ 💙✨
#problemsolvers
#collaboration
#sewing
#curiositypowered
#rossvalleycharter
#creativekids
#pencilcase
#reducereuserecyle

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First grade admirer, watching the 5th grader practice violin 🎻 So sweet 😘✌🏽
#music
#violin
#buddys
#multiage
#socialemotionallearning
#rossvalleycharter
#thearts

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“It takes courage to open ourselves up to JOY.” - Brene Brown
@rossvalleycharter has some courageous teachers and kids because ...Joy. Lives. Here. 💙✌🏽
#joy
#joyfullearners
#rossvalleycharter
#inquirybasedlearning
#socialemotionallearning
#brenebrownwisdom
#courage
#becurious

Image of quote by Ross Valley Charter Parent, Deb R. "It's a place where the kids are allowed to discover what they're made of"

RVC Stands for music in Ross Valley - Kindergarten, first, and second-graders explore music with xylophones and percussion instruments.

Quote:"We're cultivating risk takers. They are not afraid to be up front, to fail." Said Chris Lyons, teacher