The Real School
AKA
Dragon Valley
AKA
Dragon Valley
Welcome! We are now in our second year
of The Real School AKA Dragon Valley, located at 5020 Dickson,
Houston, Texas 77007. Our phone number is 832-767-0404, but there are
also other ways to contact us. We are working on growing our community to include 15-20 kids depending on age and degree of participation (full or part-time) and have a lot of interest, so if you have not contacted us or followed up please do so as soon as possible. As we say in our mission statement,
the School is a non-hierarchical learning environment, free of
coercion and control and rooted in consensus decision making. The
school is a space where kids are free to make their own
choices. This freedom necessitates responsibility to yourself,
others, and the environment, as well as a willingness to communicate,
cooperate, self-regulate, and assess your behavior and that of
others. The School believes that disagreement and conflict are
simply part of life. Punishment has no role in conflict resolution at the school. Instead, through respect, understanding, forgiveness and
honesty, community members will strive to bridge gaps and heal wounds
that result from conflict. We welcome different levels of involvement. Some folks may want to be here every weekday; others may
come a couple times a week, some may only want to come for specific events. We welcome the wider community's support as well. We have
embarked on an adventure. We are still seeking students, both young and old, so if you value the journey, not just the destination, consider joining us. We invite you to visit anytime during the week to see what we are up to and what day-to-day life is like. In the meantime, please follow the links to explore our
website further and be sure to check out the resources. Please help support the school's scholarship fund by clicking this button to securely donate money through PayPal! |
UPDATES:
We have a blog! We update it frequently, so please check it out. If anyone can help us with figuring out how to arrange it so people can view the blog through our website, please let us know.
An organizational meeting for the 4-Part Project for Change will be on Sunday, May 4th at 3 PM at the school. Check out the Calendar of Events page for more details and to download the project proposal.
Whether you are already outside of the educational box, thinking about climbing out or just wanting to examine radically different ways of understanding education, please join The Real School community for our next monthly Open Dialog on Education on Saturday, April 26th at 4pm. Check out our Calendar of Events page for more details on the Open Dialogs. We are located at 5020 Dickson St., Houston 77007. People of all ages are, of course, welcome. We hope we will see you there, and please spread the word!
