Southern
Guilford High School is located in southern Guilford County.
It is a community high school with 60 staff members serving
about 700 students. SGHS is a National Paideia School and
uses the teaching method in many of its classes. Teachers
at Southern have been using the Paideia program for several
years. They utilize both Paideia seminars and coached projects.
The coached projects range from agriculture projects where
students work on greenhouses or build an outdoor classroom
to English projects where students work on texts from Shakespeare
and then present their interpretation to the broader community.
Steve
Hodgin
Principal What
is it like to come to a school where Paideia is practiced?
Rachael
Wilson
Senior Student Is
Paideia different from the methods used by other teachers…
is standing in front of the class and giving a lecture better?
Chiquita
McQueen
English Teacher What
has been the impact of conducting Paideia seminars in the
classroom?
Lynne
Murray
Paideia Facilitator,English Teacher What
is a Paideia facilitator?
Southern
Guilford High School is located in southern Guilford County.
It is a community high school with 60 staff members serving
about 700 students. SGHS is a National Paideia School and
uses the teaching method in many of its classes. Teachers
at Southern have been using the Paideia program for several
years. They utilize both Paideia seminars and coached projects.
The coached projects range from agriculture projects where
students work on greenhouses or build an outdoor classroom
to English projects where students work on texts from Shakespeare
and then present their interpretation to the broader community.
