Graduation and Indexed Tuition at Voyagers, Community School

On Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at 3 p.m., Daniel Gironda, Chase Horner, Erin Kennedy, and Ian D’Arcy were awarded high school diplomas, with Capstone Distinction, from Voyagers’ Community School located at 215 Broad Street in Eatontown, New Jersey. Camille Moutier, Hannah Nalbandian, Quinn Rein, Summer Roderick and Paul Sisk graduated from 8th grade as well. The ceremony was held on the great lawn in front of the old Steelman School, where Voyagers’ Community School now resides.

With over 200 attending, the lawn was filled with white chairs as parents, friends and teachers awaited the graduation of both eighth graders and high schoolers. In a unique ceremony, each class entered a labyrinth with their teaching mentors and the school’s founding director, Karen Giuffre’. According to Giuffre’, “As we all walk the labyrinth together, passing one another going in either the same direction or opposite to each other, we mirror our collaboration together in school and recognize the students’ moving on with greater independence. It is a nod to each student’s maturity of intellect and spirit and a recognition of a milestone accomplishment. In the labyrinth, as in our school, there is no single right direction in which to follow the meandering path.”

Today, this infant through Grade 12 school is a leader in progressive education. Students grow life skills and intellect while learning traditional academics in a non-traditional environment that prioritizes creativity, curiosity, independence, outdoor exploration, and respect. Voyagers’ high school graduates were accepted to a dozen colleges and universities include Pratt Institute, ranked first in a list of the top 10 colleges for a degree in fine and studio arts in the United States according to USA Today, and Ringling College of Art and Design, now ranked #17 among the top American film schools in 2015 by the Hollywood Reporter. This group of talented students earned 18 college credits while in high school and were awarded over $70,000 in merit scholarships from four colleges. One parent stated. “My son earned in merit scholarship far more than I paid for his high school education at Voyagers’. What a terrific investment, he grew socially, emotionally and intellectually and earned accolades from so many colleges.”

In an exciting new development, in the Voyages’ preschool community, infants (ages 12 weeks to 14 months) and toddlers (1 to 2 years) are now enrolling in a play-based program that is a working model of an approach to learning and teaching inspired by the Reggio Emilia schools of Italy. The nursery activities are built around each infant and toddler’s personality and interests, as the staff believes these young children are interpreters, inventors, idea makers and always on the go. From 12 months through 12th grade, Voyagers’ Community School serves to discover in every child deep curiosity, potential, and intellect and shine a light on this for all, most importantly the child, to see. Full and part-time tuition and fees for the 2016-2017 school years are available at voyagerscommunityschool.org. Indexed tuition options are available for full-time enrollment.