Since January 2014 - Deep Root Center is where real world ​personalized learning - meets real world kids, in St. Lawrence County, NY
Are you ready to expand your vision of what education can be?
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Deep Root Center (DRC) provides  an educational experience that supports and encourages independence, authenticity, flexibility, autonomy, collaboration, and FUN in a safe, non-coercive, dynamic environment filled with materials and resources, where you can create a positive educational plan based on your interests and aspirations.
Who chooses Deep Root Center? 
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Some DRC youth and families come from an alternative mindset. They are already comfortable with nontraditional choices.

Other DRC members never planned to choose an alternate path. Many have tried to make school work for them in various ways and in various locations, with similar results.  The environment and instruction typically offered in school is not for everyone.
What is Deep Root Center? 
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Deep Root Center is a small, safe, dynamic, and welcoming community of learners. DRC accepts membership applications from youth who wish to take charge of their own education to become independent thinkers by seeking out information and disseminating it through their own filters of experience and beliefs. DRC trusts that all young people are capable of self-regulation and that they will make good choices when offered the opportunity. ​
 
DRC's programming encompasses youth between the ages of 5-19.  The Seedlings Program, is for young children between the ages of 5-10, who are excited about exploring the world and seeking answers to their questions through play and hands on experimentation.  Our regular programing for students between 11-18 fosters independence and intrinsic motivation by supporting participants to explore their own interests and passions through hands-on projects, classes, independent research, and community internships, as well as social interactions with their peers and adults in a safe, supportive environment.  

All DRC members are individuals, moving forward in unique directions at a pace that is right for them.  Deep Root Center is not a school.  Rather, DRC offers an alternative to school.

​Are you ready for a change?
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If you believe that Deep Root Center is the right place for you, please get in touch with Executive Director, Maria Corse to schedule an appointment.  You may also be interested in reading more: Seedlings Program, How it Works, Philosophy, and Testimonials.
Contact us today to explore the possibilities.
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