Zoey Vance, 13, and Lillie Mann, 12, design Montana themed board games at Peak Potential, a pod program for students in public, private and home school settings from around Gallatin Valley. Mann says that she feels more confident at Peak Potential due to the small class size and low teacher-to-student ratio. She says, “At school I’m so quiet and here I’m so loud.”
John Weldon Winsauer, 8, and Gus Hayes, 9, complete their online school work at Peak Potential, a pod program for students in public, private and home school settings from around Gallatin Valley, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Peak Potential tries to have students complete their school work by one, freeing up several hours for project-based learning.
Teacher Rab Cummings uses a google spreadsheet to keep track of his students’ assignments at Peak Potential, a pod program for students in public, private and home school settings from around Gallatin Valley, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020.
Zoey Vance, 13, laughs at a joke with classmate, Lillie Mann, 12, at Peak Potential, a pod program for students in public, private and home school settings from around Gallatin Valley. The school prides itself on maintaining strict COVID-19 protocols such as having students wear masks 100% of the time.
Zoey Vance, 13, designs a Montana themed board game at Peak Potential, a pod program for students in public, private and home school settings from around Gallatin Valley, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020.
Zoey Vance, 13, and Lillie Mann, 12, design Montana themed board games at Peak Potential, a pod program for students in public, private and home school settings from around Gallatin Valley. Mann says that she feels more confident at Peak Potential due to the small class size and low teacher-to-student ratio. She says, “At school I’m so quiet and here I’m so loud.”
John Weldon Winsauer, 8, and Gus Hayes, 9, complete their online school work at Peak Potential, a pod program for students in public, private and home school settings from around Gallatin Valley, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Peak Potential tries to have students complete their school work by one, freeing up several hours for project-based learning.
Teacher Rab Cummings uses a google spreadsheet to keep track of his students’ assignments at Peak Potential, a pod program for students in public, private and home school settings from around Gallatin Valley, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020.
Zoey Vance, 13, laughs at a joke with classmate, Lillie Mann, 12, at Peak Potential, a pod program for students in public, private and home school settings from around Gallatin Valley. The school prides itself on maintaining strict COVID-19 protocols such as having students wear masks 100% of the time.
Zoey Vance, 13, designs a Montana themed board game at Peak Potential, a pod program for students in public, private and home school settings from around Gallatin Valley, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020.
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The day starts as students begin to arrive at 8:15 a.m. School begins 15 minutes later, but instead of turning to a single teacher, the students log into their various online classes. If questions pop up throughout the day, there’s an instructor in the room they can turn to.
The students are part of a learning pod at Peak Potential, a tutoring organization that launched a new program to provide additional support to students in remote and blended learning.
Rab Cummings, an instructor who works with Peak Potential, said the goal is for students to have their online assignments done by 3:30 p.m., when they head home to their families.
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