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Project-Based Learning

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Senior Project: A Year of Drawing

Senior Project: A Year of Drawing

My presentation showcases my final drawing portfolio. It is a selection from all of the architecture, sculpture, and portrait drawings that I have completed in the last year.

The Great Migration

The Great Migration

An interactive map tracing the movements of Robert Pershing, a participant in the American Great Migration featured in Isabel Wilkerson's "The Warmth of Other Suns."

Colonization of Mars

Colonization of Mars

This was a devliable I made for a project focused on rockets and colonizing mars, it is a rocket with a small engine in it, once it is at it highest altitude the nose cap comes off and a parachute comes out.

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Avalon School

Est. 2001

Through project-based learning and genuine community engagement, Avalon cultivates curious learners who take responsibility for their education, contribute to a more equitable world, and spark hope for the future.

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PROJECT-BASED LEARNING

Students create their own projects as a way to complete state requirements and pursue their passions.
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Open House - Thursday, October 22nd

Open House - Thursday, October 22nd, 6:30-7:30pm. Come learn about our innovative and award-winning program, tour our space, and get questions answered from Avalon Staff.
October 22, 2026
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Open House - Thursday, October 22nd, 6:30-7:30pm. Come learn about our innovative and award-winning program, tour our space, and get questions answered from Avalon Staff.
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Solar Boat wins First Place!

Avalon won the 2026 MERS Solar Boat Competition. Check out the article in the local news! Congrats, team!
May 21, 2026
Avalon won the 2026 MERS Solar Boat Competition. Check out the article in the local news! Congrats, team!
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Board Elections (May 7th, 2026)

Learn about the candidates for Avalon's school board.
May 7, 2026
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Learn about the candidates for Avalon's school board.
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Students, Families, & Staff

Testimonials

Graduating from Avalon helped be take accountability for my success. The project based education I recieved was invaluable in my real world experience as an adult. Even when I didn't do the work because I thought it was beyond me, every teacher empowered me and believed in my success.

Alumn

Survey, 2023

It has given our child the chance to be “seen” and to make mistakes in a smaller environment.

Families

Survey, 2023

Helpful with accommodating and being supportive of needs that I would not have been able to succeed without. Avalon was willing to accommodate me in ways that allowed me to succeed and have an equal education when I otherwise would not.

Alumn

Survey, 2023

Avalon School's project-based learning platform gave me the freedom to pursue my passion for architecture. It also taught me how to set my own academic and professional goals; and be self-driven.

Alumn

Survey, 2023
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