Watershed’s scholars master real-life learning

BOULDER — The Watershed School educational model aims to eliminate the student’s question: “How will studying this ever be useful for me in real life?”
Instead of emphasizing rout memorization, the private school in Boulder focuses on experiential learning and extends the classroom for sixth- through 12th graders into the community.

In the process, students learn how to think critically and how to solve real-life problems.

It basically puts students in the driver’s seat of their education.

According to Greg Bamford, Watershed’s incoming head of school, creating an environment where students are both emotionally and intellectually engaged is fundamental to teaching them how…