Trafalgar Castle School logo featuring an emblem with the year established (1874), symbolizing academic excellence and commitment to virtue.
Trafalgar Castle School logo featuring an emblem with the year established (1874), symbolizing academic excellence and commitment to virtue.

Beyond the Castle is Not Your Average Experiential Learning

Students engaging in a networking activity, shaking hands and holding cups, in a classroom setting at Trafalgar Castle School.

  Experiential learning, or “learning by doing,” has become a mainstay in education. That’s because when students engage in hands-on learning experiences, they better connect what they’ve learned in the classroom to real-world situations.  There’s experiential learning, and then there’s Beyond the Castle: a form of experiential learning that expands beyond enhancing skill sets and […]

Belonging and Connections Are Key to Success at School

Group of students in uniforms engaging in a hands-on experiential learning activity with arms raised, set in an elegant indoor space.

As adults, thinking back to our school years, many of us could say that the classroom was where we first discovered our sense of belonging. At the same time, many of us weren’t equipped with innate skills that supported our understanding of our thoughts and emotions or how our classroom lessons would impact our lives […]