The ALC in Everett WA is now inactive. I was invited out to Everett in September 2014 to help start an ALC homeschool cooperative with a few families. After 7 months the families decided that their intentions had changed and our little experiment came to an end. You can read the full debrief here Which includes …
Category: Reflections
Intentions and Reflections of the Sterling Family
What follows is the Sterling parent’s reflections on the ALC program which they hosted fall 2014 to spring 2015. This post is part of the Everett ALC Debrief Jeff and I had the intention of creating a learning community while at the same time supporting the educational requirements for our boys. Prior to the creation …
What we did this year
This post is part of the 2015 ALC Everett #debrief September 3, 2014 our first day School started in ernest around the first week of september. I had just driven across the US and met the family for the first time just a few days before. Everyone was really excited to get started. We were about to start …

How we structure our day
Our school schedule is Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 5pm. The majority of time is set aside for play, be it going to the park, learning to code, making 3D prints, drawing, watching YouTube, or just generally playing. One of the few requirement of students is to participate in our morning and end of day …
Developing Everett Website
Last Thursday the alc everett web dev team drew the wire frames of the alc Everett website
Egg Drop Round 2
After our first rounds of egg drops we had two competitors left. Elastic Gyroscopic Parachute Test Unit # 42 XXcatXX360 We had already exhausted our highest drop spot at the school so we had to take a quick drive to a higher location: We measured the tower and found it to be 7.3 meters tall. Our …
Last Week 9/30 – 10/3
Here’s what we did this week: Tuesday Research Code Education Copy Last Weeks Done to Blog Post Plan Computer Science Course Quarter Experiment Last Week Tonight/Crash Course Write Vision Statement Write Mission Statement Wednesday White Boards Code Cademy Meditation How We Are Tracking Our Progress Thursday 7 Min Workout Set Goals Mission /Vision Statement Plan …
Last Week
Check out some of the cards we moved across our kanban this week.

The New Group Kanban Board – 看板
I finished the Everett group Kanban board today and would like to share it with you. A Kanban (看板) (literally signboard or billboard in Japanese) is a scheduling system that we use extensively within Agile Learning Centers. I have a personal Kanban tucked away in my sketch book. One also might make a Kanban for a …

Our First Week
Well it’s been a great first week and a week of firsts. My first week as an Agile Learning Facilitator, an educator, and a guest in the Sterling’s house. The first week of Agile Learning ever on the west coast. First sticky notes moved from doing to complete. Here are some of the highlights of …