REALMS - Rimrock Expeditionary Alternative Learning Middle School

Welcome to REALMS!


Scholarship - Stewardship - Service - Adventure

REALMS
Rimrock Expeditionary Alternative Learning Middle School is a
public charter school for 6th through 8th grade students
who are seeking a small, active,
and challenging educational environment.

Our purpose is to foster scholarship, strengthen community, and inspire stewardship through active learning.



What parents and students can expect from REALMS:

  • high standards for our students' academic and personal growth
  • a small school environment where students know their peers and teachers well, and are able to establish positive relationships through frequent contact and cooperation
  • a learning environment centered around active pedagogy in which students are actively participating IN the learning process, not recipients OF learning
  • regular homework
  • a focus on high quality student work through perseverance, rigor, and revision
  • frequent opportunities for learning and working cooperatively with peers
  • in depth investigations of a single topic that are sustained over time, and that are interdisciplinary in nature
  • frequent opportunities to learn outside the classroom through fieldwork, including overnights and multi-day experiences
  • learning through hands on experience, active inquiry, and by connecting the arts to other academic disciplines
  • relevant projects that will meet a real need in our community or that will be shared with an authentic audience beyond the teacher, the classroom walls and the refrigerator door.
  • small class sizes averaging 23 students per class




















































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