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We’re excited to share that Monticello Academy has been awarded a Utah Children’s Outdoor Recreation and Education (UCORE) grant to support a new 4th–8th grade outdoor and environmental education program called Monticello Outside. Monticello Outside is a vertically aligned outdoor curriculum that spans grades 4–8 at Monticello Academy. The idea is simple: more time outside,…

Over the past two years, Monticello Academy has been engaged in a schoolwide effort to better understand how students learn—and how teachers can more effectively support that learning. This journey began with the Practical Applications of Learning Science (PALS) Handbook, a research-based guide originally developed for Naval instructors. The handbook distills decades of cognitive-science research…