Experiential Education
This is education that makes us happy as it prepares us for a complex future.
Experiential learning is at the core of the Drew experience. Learning through active exploration, hands-on activities, and authentic problem-solving leads to deeper understanding and enduring learning. Experiential learning programs are woven into every semester, giving us consistent opportunities to try new things, discover new perspectives, and connect our learning to the wider world. Alongside faculty and peers, we ask essential questions, engage in interdisciplinary topics, and develop 21st-century skills through hands-on experiences every semester.
DEALL Week
DEALL (Drew Education for Active Lifelong Learning) Week is an immersive experience where all students and faculty participate in week-long experiential courses.
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Academic courses pause for the week
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Programs include
outdoor adventures, cultural immersion, service projects, and creative pursuits that allow us to take our learning from academic classes and apply it to the real world. -
Different DEALL program every year,
from local Bay Area adventures to far-reaching overnight trips such as to NYC, Miami, Joshua Tree, and more. -
After DEALL week, we co-create DEALLFest,
an annual event where we design interactive workshops to share new skills and perspectives with the school community.
Experiential Electives
Experiential Electives expand our process of exploration and intellectual discovery. You'll delve more deeply into individual interests and try something new.
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Taught by Drew faculty
who share and deepen their own passions with you.
Senior Project
A capstone to each student’s time at Drew, Senior Project challenges us to craft an independent project or pursue an internship where we explore an academic, creative, or professional interest that facilitates our passage into the world beyond high school.
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Each project or internship is individualized
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An 8-week senior project seminar
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Present and share
about your project or internship at a symposium before graduation.
Experience What High School Should Be
An independent, nonsectarian, coeducational college preparatory school serving grades 9–12 where teenagers’ questions, self-expression, and high ambitions are respected, supported, and at the center of the experience.
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