City Heights Free Skool

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The City Heights Free Skool is a community space in City Heights, San Diego, California. They currently sponsor the following projects:

  • Free English classes
  • Bike Kitchen (workshop)
  • Community organic garden
  • Various workshops, film nights and other community events

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  • Inclusiveness of all, regardless of educational experience
  • Everyone is a teacher and everyone is a student
  • Community-based learning
  • Providing learning opportunities in a free, open and non-hierarchical environment
  • Integrating practical skills and personal experiences into education
  • Classes are free

The City Heights Free Skool works to facilitate a learning exchange as an instrument for individuals who want to learn in an open environment. Students are encouraged to follow their own interests. The City Heights Free Skool is designed to stimulate curiosity and encourage cooperation. We believe that the most meaningful learning occurs in an atmosphere allowing opportunities for students to be self-directed, self-motivated and self-disciplined. We are a resource that provides free alternative educational opportunities to people of all ages and backgrounds. The City Heights Free Skool also works for profound social change by serving as a model for education in the future.

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