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The Hayground School wins $300K grant, expands innovative curriculum

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Mequantash Evans, Esme Ashley-White, Katya Wolosoff and Arjun Achuchan in Jeff’s Kitchen at the Hayground School.

Mequantash Evans, Esme Ashley-White, Katya Wolosoff and Arjun Achuchan in Jeff’s Kitchen at the Hayground School.

Students in Jeff’s Kitchen at the Hayground School prepare a meal.

Students in Jeff’s Kitchen at the Hayground School prepare a meal.

Students work on flutes in Jon Snow’ class at the Hayground School.

Students work on flutes in Jon Snow’ class at the Hayground School.

Students work on flutes in Jon Snow’s class at the Hayground School.

Students work on flutes in Jon Snow’s class at the Hayground School.

Students work on flutes in Jon Snow’s class at the Hayground School.

Students work on flutes in Jon Snow’s class at the Hayground School.

Jon Snow works with Cheyenne Keating as she works on her potting.

Jon Snow works with Cheyenne Keating as she works on her potting.

Jon Snow works with Cheyenne Keating as she works on her potting, while student teacher Wunetu Tarrant and apprentice Vanessa Alfaro work with Elijah Topliff.

Jon Snow works with Cheyenne Keating as she works on her potting, while student teacher Wunetu Tarrant and apprentice Vanessa Alfaro work with Elijah Topliff.

The library at Hayground School

The library at Hayground School

authorColleen Reynolds on Feb 10, 2010
The wind gusted across the gardens, greenhouse, chicken coop and empty, L-shaped swimming pool on the Hayground School campus on a recent morning. Inside, another storm had just passed. This... more

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