Beautiful Work This Week
For King and Another Country – XP East Radio Broadcast
‘From The Ground Up‘
A Visit from Michelle Navarre
This week we welcomed a very special visitor to the Trust – from Chicago.
Michelle Navarre, a friend of XP, is co-founder and Head of School of the Polaris Charter Academy, Polaris is Chicago’s only EL Education – Expeditionary Learning – school.
As part of her visit, staff across the Trust were invited to take part in ‘An Evening with Michelle Navarre’. This was a unique opportunity to hear the story and engage in a Q & A with one of the most respected and remarkable educators in the world.
This week Michelle also visited schools across our Trust – in Doncaster and Gateshead.
Polaris is internationally recognised as a national and international example of positive school culture and character development.
It was a privilege to listen to Michelle as she shared her leadership journey with us.
She is an inspiration – as are her students; for whom Crew means life. Crew is life at Polaris and with her and her team’s work Michelle is making sure that every child in her care has the best chances of being the best version of themselves.
They know that Miss Navarre keeps them safe in a city where their pupils made a stand about gun crime and, for one significant and uplifting day, made a powerful impact on their neighbourhood – which saw no incidents, in a day that would normally have seen many.
Michelle Navarre is a mighty woman with a great heart – we are so lucky to have been able to welcome her to all our schools.