In February, every member of Common Ground's senior class stood before an audience parents, students, and staff. Each senior shared two acts of leadership, chosen from the electronic leadership portfolios they had been building since they arrived at Common Ground. Drawing on these experiences, students described how they had grown as leaders over the last four...
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Joel Tolman November 6, 2016
I was a brand new teacher when I came to Common Ground in 2003. The first class I taught — together with Liz Cox, now Common Ground's School Director — was a course about New Haven’s neighborhoods. It sounds a little ludicrous: a first year teacher, new to New Haven, teaching a class about New Haven to students who had called this city home for most or all of their lives. It felt a little...
Joel Tolman September 19, 2016
If you’ve visited Common Ground this fall, you may have noticed the hand-painted crosswalk at the mouth of Common Ground’s driveway, leading into the woods across Springside Avenue from our new building. If you’re curious to learn more, you are welcome to use this new trailhead to explore the Urban Oasis coming to life next door to our campus — and keep reading to learn how Common Ground students...