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At Morgantown Learning Academy, students are able to explore topics in depth and to develop an appreciation for their complexities. This approach allows for the merging of academic subjects, which reflects the natural way that children learn. It also provides a concrete and meaningful context for the practice of skills. For example, as children study their community, they may take trips to businesses and government offices, churches, neighborhoods, and so forth. Students interview representatives of these organizations and then discuss and document their findings. They may write letters to the newspaper and community leaders, draw graphs to summarize their findings, and conduct further research into topics of interest to them. Throughout this project, students are practicing skills related to reading, writing, math, social studies and oral expression. They are also gaining first-hand understanding of economic systems, religious systems and government, while they are developing an appreciation for the inter-relationships of all of these in their community. Such activities are carefully designed by teachers to meet curriculum objectives. Each new topic or theme stimulates involvement in a variety of academic subjects and skills, many of which are beyond the realm of a traditional preschool or elementary school curriculum.
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