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SMASH (Santa Monica Alternative School House)
SMASH (Santa Monica Alternative School House), nominated by Big Picture Learning and Transcend, is an elementary school in Santa Monica, California.
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As a school in the Big Picture Learning network, this school supports the organizational mission of activating the potential of Schools, Systems, and Education through student-driven, real-world learning. Its design helps to scaffold and facilitate student learning aligned with the "10 Expectations" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K96c-TGnSf4) and it is organized to implement the "10 distinguishers" (https://www.bigpicture.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=389353&type=d&pREC_ID=902235) to deliver "one kid at a time" personalized learning situated in the communities it serves., Santa Monica Alternative School House implements the innovative learning model, Big Picture Learning (BPL), which activates deeper student engagement in learning by using interest-driven, real-world contexts as its pedagogical foundation.