Welcome to Big Picture South Burlington, an innovative school-within-a-school where students work one-on-one with faculty to design their own individualized curriculum based on their passions, skills, and goals. Students learn through internships, independent projects, workshops, travel, and group experiences such as our yearly camping and service learning trips.
At Big Picture, students graduate using Proficiency Based Graduation Requirements (PBGR). As stated in an article from The New England Secondary School Consortium (NESSC), “Simply put, a proficiency-based diploma is a graduation decision based on students demonstrating what they have learned. In practice, it means that every student must show—by writing a paper, delivering a presentation, or completing a challenging project, for example—that they have acquired a minimum level of proficiency and competence when it comes to mastering the essential knowledge and skills they need to succeed in college, work, and life.”
- Download our postcard, designed by current Big Picture senior, Emina K.!
- Check out our new Exceptional Senior Year Program for motivated, independent, passionate students who want to do something innovative for Senior year.
View the Big Picture SB Documentary by student Sandra Burt
In the spring of 2012, Big Picture South Burlington Student Sandra Burt created a documentary about Big Picture Learning through her internship with RETN (the Regional Educational Television Network). You can now view the documentary on YouTube!
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