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  • Fundraising!

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    I’ve had plans for some time to start a crowdfunding campaign. The idea showed up last year, when I wished we had funds to cover more pricey field trips so that all students who wanted to go could do so easily. Since we’re a private school, we don’t receive state funding and so are dependent…

  • Visions

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    There was a lot of talk at ALF Weekend about visioning. What is the ALC project? What kind of growth do we want? Where? How fast? Why? Who wants to be doing what? What would our mission statement for the network sound like (if it’s different from those of schools…but what are those)? The questions…

  • Talking to Parents

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    You like and trust kids. You value play. You live the Agile Roots, honor your agreements, understand the power of authentic relationships, and are generally on-board with all this ALC stuff. It makes sense to you. So you head off to ALF Summer so you can get all trained up to be an ALF. Or…

  • Who I Am and What I Do

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    (…right now…in the ALC context…) I’m Abby. Yes, it’s a nickname. Yes, with a ‘y.’ I’m NYC-based, presently Holding and co-facilitating at ALC-NYC with @ryanshollenberger. We play regularly with @tomis @abram @bear @drew and other roving ALFs who swing through our space, and we love hosting visitors from other ALCs. At school, kids come to…

  • Blurry Week

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    Happy first week of Autumn!!!! The air is chilly and the leaves are changing. And I have seasonal allergy sniffles; time for honey and oregano oil (@kingthanos’ favorite). I got sucked into some legally, technicalish things Monday after Set-the-Week, while also trying to keep a pulse on the tempers of a few folks who entered…