Every year at Acton Academy, we have an overarching question we try to relate to our session-long projects. This year’s question is: “Who do you want to be?”
We started this off with our first quest, which was Building the Tribe and Building our Community. We had the Eagles draw avatars of themselves where they focused on who they want to be in the community. In each hand, their avatar is holding something they want to learn about or grow in, such as being a better sibling or getting better at Math. They also had little words around them of things they are already good at or passionate about.
Next we had our quests of Game Design, learning how to be a gracious winner, and how to handle losing, where they focused on who they want to show up as when they are playing the game. They were also able to show their own personal creativity when designing their own game.
We also had our Kindness Quest, where we talked about giving back to the community. The Eagles did random acts of kindness where they focused on who they want to be as they are giving back.
Right now, we are in the midst of our Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture Quest, where they get to discover who they want to show up as in their creativity as they learn about designing a building or a playground. They are also learning how to give feedback and how to use feedback to make their drafts and models better.
Here at Acton Academy, we always direct the Eagles back to the Question of the Year and tie everything into the Hero’s Journey.
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