Our winter term is a 6-week intensive, where students take only 4 classes and get to invest in substantial projects. Many of our students travel during this term, but we reserve our most hands-on, experiential, project-based clusters for the students who choose to stay at home. Over the next 6 weeks we will bring you tons of photos and stories from home and from abroad. Look for these stories on the website, Instagram and of course here in the Family Bulletin. We will also host a Term End event at the end of Winter Term to share student learning with the larger community.Speaking of winter, there is snow in the forecast for next week. In the past we have followed Bellingham Public Schools for snow closures, but starting this year we will no longer automatically close when the public schools close. Since we have only one small campus, we want to do our best to stay open and continue classes as scheduled. We will send out an email notification if weather compels us to close school for safety reasons, and you can always call the office if you have questions about closures. Of course, we know students travel to EA from all over two counties, so if weather prohibits you from safely making it to school please let us know and the absence will not count against attendance.