Students choose LightHouse for a variety of reasons. But there’s always a reason. LightHouse is not the default choice- we are not free, public school. We are an alternate choice because something about the traditional option available to our students is not working for them. These reasons vary considerably. Some of our students were simply bored and disengaged. Some were … Read More
Mindfulness
By Catherine Gobron // November 20, 2016
I’m leading a Mindfulness class this block, though certainly I’m no Zen master. I say leading rather than “teaching,” because in truth I’m taking the course along with the students. I’m more of a curator/facilitator than teacher. Luckily, the world and the internet are full of resources for learning mindful practices. I am getting so much out of this experience, … Read More
Art Show! Friday, April 15
By Catherine Gobron // April 5, 2016
LightHouse has attracted an impressive number of artists. More than half of the students in our program spend substantial time creating visual art pieces of all kinds, and take part in the many art classes we’ve been offering this year. On Friday, April 15 they will be showing their work at an opening reception, 4:00-7:00 pm in the lobby of … Read More
Northfire
By Catherine Gobron // February 27, 2016
What a gift! Huge thanks to Garrett Sawyer and Jay Metcalf and everyone at Northfire Recording Studio. As one of our students said many times throughout the day, it was a dream come true. We thought we were just going to have a tour, but it turned into a recording session! In 90 minutes the group wrote, performed, recorded and … Read More
Call for Artists
By Catherine Gobron // February 21, 2016
With the support of The Holyoke Cultural Council and Whole Foods, LightHouse is hosting a Teen Art Show in the lobby of the STEAM Building to open on Friday, April 15, 4:00-7:00pm. Call for Artists application is available now. Space in the show will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis and the application will close on March 24. Any … Read More
Progress on Soucey Park
By Catherine Gobron // February 20, 2016
LightHouse is committed to improving our local community, and Soucey Park is high on our list. As part of our program at LightHouse, students choose community projects to work on every Friday. The goal is for our students to learn to take positive action in improving their community and their world. The first project they chose back in September of … Read More
The Truth About Trust
By Catherine Gobron // February 13, 2016
Relationships at LightHouse are founded on trust. We trust that our students really do want to learn and to build interesting, positive, and healthy lives. We know this is true for every single one of our students. We also know that learning how to build this life is a process that develops and changes over time. We trust our students … Read More
Who wants a LightHouse T-Shirt?
By Catherine Gobron // December 1, 2015
With the expert guidance of our wonderful Carlos Peña, the teens in our Screenprinting class have made some beautiful LightHouse t-shirts! Students in the class have learned to design and create screens and print shirts. In addition to the artistic and technical aspects of this endeavor, they’ve also focused on the business and entrepreneurial side of things- how many shirts, … Read More
Ten Weeks and Subtitles
By Catherine Gobron //
Video! LightHouse opened on September 8, 2015. We are now about 10 weeks into our first year with our first cohort of 23 students. So far, so awesome. Take a look and hear from some of our teens directly: