About Light Way Schools
Light Way Schools is a 501 (c) 3 social profit founded in 2006 in Houston, Texas with a mission to co-create a world wide network of consciousness-based learning environments that fully support children in reaching their unlimited potential within a self-sustaining community built on trust, joy, harmony, love and peace.
The first program was "A Dream of a Better World" (DBW) held on Saturday's beginning in January 2007 and running through May 2009. Using democracy, service-learning, and nature-based activities including the creation of an organic community garden, DBW was formally recognized by the City of Houston and April 25th, 2009 was named Light Way Schools day in Houston.
Spurred on by our success, we created another program, Camp Lightway, in the summer of 2008. Children engaged in Light Way TV, democracy, and other more common summer activities such as swimming and the beach! The next year was spent continuing our DBW program and preparing to open a full time school.
Light Way Schools opened the doors to its first full time program on September 1st, 2009. It worked well. Superlatively well. Children loved learning and grew physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. However, at $8,000/year it was not accessible for many of the parents and children wishing to participate especially at a time of financial collapse. We closed at the end of that school year to re-vision how to create new educational options that would be accessible to all.
Now a new approach has emerged in the form of offering support and training for homeschool families.
- E.P.I.C. Empowered Parents, Inspiring Children, Light Way Home Educator Certification
- "Light You Up" Coaching Program
- Jump Start "Light You Up" 1:1 Coaching Program - created to provide immediate help during the Corona virus homeschooling situation.
- Light You Up Group Coaching
Why E.P.I.C.?
Teachers, parents and children are asking, even screaming, for a way out of the high stress test-taking education system. In particular, parents all over the country are asking how to do new education. Not content with "traditional education at home" done fairly simply by implementing any one of a number of grade level curriculum guides available online, you are asking how to create a holistic, progressive, child-centered program. Each one of you has a slightly different vision for your program, but most of you agree you want it to be centered around your childrens' passions and interests, to include time in nature and for your children to be happy.