Archive for month: September, 2011

What better way to signal the start of a new journey than with an 8 mile hike through a canyon?

Last week, One Spark Academy opened its doors to a handful of bright, creative and motivated students…and equally motivated and excited teachers! Four days of lessons and, in a sense, what seemed like private tutoring, was combined with downtime in the game room playing pool and in the gym playing dodgeball. For lunch, we sat down together and enjoyed a healthy meal each day courtesy of Laura’s amazing menu planning and culinary prepping skills. The productivity was so high, the concentration so apparent, that very little independent work (if any!) was needed to be done at home. Read more