Keene Laboratory Schools

In 2012, High 5 began a pilot program in a single Keene elementary school. Now, nine years later, EOL has expanded district-wide, including students and teachers in grades 5, 6, 7, and high school. Our EOL educators spend the school year in classrooms, and on the Challenge Course, working directly with students and helping teachers use EOL concepts to improve the learning environment and academic outcomes in their classrooms. EOL is a program prioritizing leadership development, through adventure education and social and emotional learning. The program in Keene has become the ultimate demonstration of EOL’s success, showcasing the wide and growing application of EOL concepts in the educational experience.

The program undergoes professional evaluation every year, through analysis of outcomes and feedback from teachers. Those outcomes have demonstrated the following:

• Growing levels of social intelligence, mature decision-making, and self-awareness in students as noted by teachers
• Increase in teacher’s implementation of EOL learning in their instructional approaches
• Improvement in the teacher’s ability to shape a more positive learning environment
• Integration of EOL as a central organizing theme of whole-school culture
• Continuity of connection with students and teachers during remote learning