WEBVTT 00:00.333 --> 00:06.866 align:left position:47.5%,start line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 00:06.966 --> 00:10.366 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% WELCOME TO SILVER FORK SCHOOL IN KYBURZ, CALIFORNIA. 00:10.466 --> 00:13.566 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% AN UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY WITH A POPULATION 00:13.666 --> 00:16.366 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% OF LESS THAN 200 PEOPLE. 00:16.466 --> 00:18.133 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% IT MIGHT NOT SURPRISE YOU, THEN, 00:18.233 --> 00:20.900 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% THAT SILVER FORK A KINDERGARTEN THROUGH-EIGHTH 00:21.000 --> 00:24.100 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% GRADE SCHOOL HAS ONLY NINE STUDENTS WHO DO 00:24.200 --> 00:27.700 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% ALL OF THEIR LEARNING IN ONE COZY SCHOOL HOUSE. 00:27.800 --> 00:31.800 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO DO IS FORM A SQUARE. 00:31.900 --> 00:35.500 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% IT'S REALLY A ONE BUILDING SCHOOLHOUSE WITH TWO ROOMS 00:35.600 --> 00:36.966 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% INSIDE THAT BUILDING. 00:37.066 --> 00:40.833 align:left position:22.5%,start line:71% size:67.5% IT HAS TWO TEACHERS AND THEY SPLIT THE DUTIES. 00:40.933 --> 00:42.466 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% ONE TEACHES LANGUAGE ARTS 00:42.566 --> 00:44.533 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% SHARON: WHY WOULD THAT BE A PROBLEM? 00:44.633 --> 00:46.800 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% STUDENT: CAPITALIZE 00:46.900 --> 00:48.166 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% AND THE OTHER TEACHES 00:48.266 --> 00:49.533 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% MATH AND SCIENCE. 00:49.633 --> 00:50.800 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% DENISE: WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT HOW HEAVY WATER IS 00:50.900 --> 00:52.166 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% TODAY, ALRIGHT? 00:52.266 --> 00:54.166 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% CHRISTINA: THE NINE STUDENTS - RANGING BETWEEN FIRST AND 00:54.266 --> 00:57.166 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% SEVENTH GRADES - LEARN TOGETHER. 00:57.266 --> 00:59.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% THE CLASSES ARE SPLIT BY SUBJECT MATTER RATHER THAN 00:59.866 --> 01:01.166 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% GRADE LEVEL. 01:01.266 --> 01:05.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:71% size:77.5% DENISE: YOU KNOW I HAVE 9 GRADE LEVELS TO PLAN FOR BUT THEN 01:05.566 --> 01:08.433 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% I DON'T HAVE 30 PAPERS AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL TO CORRECT 01:08.533 --> 01:12.366 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70%   SO IT'S EASIER IN SOME WAYS AND IT'S HARDER 01:12.466 --> 01:14.366 align:left position:35%,start line:71% size:55% IN SOME WAYS. 01:14.466 --> 01:16.366 align:left position:22.5%,start line:71% size:67.5% I DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY KIDS WERE IN MY LAST SCHOOL 01:16.466 --> 01:18.200 align:left position:27.5%,start line:71% size:62.5% BUT THERE WAS LIKE ALMOST A MILLION. 01:18.300 --> 01:20.766 align:left position:17.5%,start line:71% size:72.5% CHRISTINA: WHEN IT COMES TO BEING A STUDENT AT SILVER 01:20.866 --> 01:23.433 align:left position:17.5%,start line:71% size:72.5%   FORK, MADISYN MORGAN THE ONLY FIFTH GRADER AT HER 01:23.533 --> 01:26.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% SCHOOL - SAYS THERE'S NOT THE FOCUS ON GRADE LEVEL AS 01:26.433 --> 01:29.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% MUCH AS PROGRESS, SO EACH OF THE STUDENTS RECEIVES 01:29.533 --> 01:31.200 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% THE LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION THEY NEED, 01:31.300 --> 01:33.566 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% INSTEAD OF WHAT THEIR GRADE LEVEL MIGHT DICTATE. 01:33.666 --> 01:35.766 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% MADISYN: THAT'S BETTER. 01:35.866 --> 01:38.200 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% IT'S KIND OF ALL MIXED TOGETHER SO YOU DON'T 01:38.300 --> 01:40.366 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% REALLY KNOW IF YOU'RE IN A GRADE OR NOT ANYMORE BUT 01:40.466 --> 01:42.500 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD THOUGH. 01:42.600 --> 01:45.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I GET MORE ATTENTION, YOU GET BETTER GRADES AT IT, 01:45.800 --> 01:47.333 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% YOU GET LOTS OF BETTER STUFF, 01:47.433 --> 01:50.800 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% SO YEAH! 01:50.900 --> 01:53.466 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% CHRISTINA: WHILE THIS SCHOOL MAY NOT SOUND SO ORDINARY, 01:53.566 --> 01:55.366 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% TEACHERS AND STUDENTS SAY IN MANY WAYS, 01:55.466 --> 01:57.066 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% IT IS. 01:57.166 --> 01:59.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% A TYPICAL DAY HERE ISN'T MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT 01:59.266 --> 02:01.733 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% YOU MIGHT SEE ON A LARGER CAMPUS 02:01.833 --> 02:04.066 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% THOMAS: WE COME TO SCHOOL AND THEN WE'LL HAVE LANGUAGE 02:04.166 --> 02:08.133 align:left position:15%,start line:71% size:75% ARTS AND THEN WE GO TO BREAK AND THEN WE COME IN AND 02:08.233 --> 02:12.666 align:left position:15%,start line:71% size:75%   DO MATH, AND THEN SCIENCE, THEN WE DO HISTORY. 02:12.766 --> 02:14.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% CHRISTINA: AS FOR WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING THAT'S FAMILIAR 02:14.733 --> 02:15.666 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% AS WELL. 02:15.766 --> 02:17.066 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% DENISE: LOOK AT YOUR CHOICES IN YOUR BOOK. 02:17.166 --> 02:18.366 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% DOES ONE OF THEM LOOK LIKE THAT? 02:18.466 --> 02:20.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% UPPER GRADES ARE TAUGHT A MATH SERIES THAT'S ALIGNED 02:21.000 --> 02:23.266 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% WITH THE COMMON CORE CURRICULUM, 02:23.366 --> 02:24.766 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% AND WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY 02:24.866 --> 02:26.133 align:left position:15%,start line:71% size:75% SHARON: WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. 02:26.233 --> 02:28.133 align:left position:32.5%,start line:71% size:57.5% WE HAVE A VERY MODERN CLASSROOM, 02:28.233 --> 02:30.866 align:left position:17.5%,start line:71% size:72.5% WE HAVE LOTS OF COMPUTERS, AND WE HAVE 02:30.966 --> 02:31.966 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% THE SMART BOARD. 02:32.066 --> 02:34.666 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% PAT: "SO YOUR ALREADY HERE LITTLE PIG." 02:34.766 --> 02:36.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% CHRISTINA: PRINCIPAL PAT AKINS SAYS THESE KIDS TAKE 02:36.733 --> 02:39.233 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% ALL THE SAME TESTS AND PERFORM JUST AS WELL AS 02:39.333 --> 02:41.766 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% THOSE IN LARGER SCHOOLS. 02:41.866 --> 02:44.600 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% PAT: IN A LARGE SCHOOL IT'S DIFFICULT FOR TEACHERS TO 02:44.700 --> 02:48.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% GIVE THAT 1 ON 1 WHEN YOU HAVE 30 TEACHERS IN THAT CLASS 02:48.366 --> 02:50.766 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% CHRISTINA:AS FOR THE STUDENTS THEY AGREE SAYING THEY 02:50.866 --> 02:52.700 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% SPEND LESS TIME WAITING TO ASK QUESTIONS 02:52.800 --> 02:55.000 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% AND MORE TIME LEARNING. 02:55.100 --> 02:56.533 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% >>I GET HELP EVERY DAY MOSTLY. 02:56.633 --> 02:57.966 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% LIKE ALL THE TIME. 02:58.066 --> 03:01.366 align:left position:15%,start line:71% size:75% PALO: THE TEACHER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE TEACHER 03:01.466 --> 03:05.400 align:left position:15%,start line:71% size:75% TO GO BY THE WHOLE CLASSROOM BEFORE EVERYBODY'S 03:05.500 --> 03:08.566 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% DONE WITH THEIR WORK 03:08.666 --> 03:11.300 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% CHRISTINA: THE SMALLER CLASS SIZE ALSO ALLOWS EACH STUDENT 03:11.400 --> 03:13.666 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% TO SPEND TIME ON THE COMPUTER EVERY DAY. 03:13.766 --> 03:15.966 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% THEY LEARN PROGRAMMING, FOREIGN LANGUAGE, 03:16.066 --> 03:19.033 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% EVEN ROBOTICS. 03:19.133 --> 03:21.233 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% AND WHAT THEY LACK IN STUDENT POPULATION, 03:21.333 --> 03:24.433 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% YOU MIGHT SAY THEY SOMEWHAT MAKE UP FOR IN PETS 03:24.533 --> 03:26.966 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% ANOTHER TOOL THAT'S USED FOR TEACHING. 03:27.066 --> 03:29.500 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% SHARON: IT STARTED WITH THE BEARDED DRAGON IS THE ANIMAL 03:29.600 --> 03:32.366 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% THAT'S BEEN HERE THE LONGEST AND THEN ARNIE THE DOG WHO 03:32.466 --> 03:35.300 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% COMES TO SCHOOL AND THEN WE HAVE GOATS, 03:35.400 --> 03:38.266 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% WE HAVE RABBITS, WE HAVE A TURTLE, 03:38.366 --> 03:40.333 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% A TORTOISE AND FISH 03:40.433 --> 03:43.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% CHRISTINA: SHARON MCGAUGHEY SAYS THESE ANIMALS PROVIDE THE 03:43.366 --> 03:46.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF TEACHING KIDS HOW TO CARE FOR OTHERS, 03:46.366 --> 03:48.633 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% AND HOW TO SHARE RESPONSIBILITIES 03:48.733 --> 03:51.700 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% NOT UNLIKE THE ENTIRE STAFF AT SILVER FORK. 03:51.800 --> 03:54.866 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% ASIDE FROM TWO TEACHERS, THE PRINCIPAL HERE IS ALSO 03:54.966 --> 03:56.266 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% THE SUPERINTENDENT. 03:56.366 --> 03:59.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% THERE'S ALSO AN AIDE WHO DOUBLES AS THE BUS DRIVER 03:59.900 --> 04:02.066 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% AND THE FOOD SERVICE WORKER. 04:02.166 --> 04:04.266 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% IN SOME WAYS, THEY'RE MORE LIKE A LARGE FAMILY, 04:04.366 --> 04:05.900 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% THEN A SMALL SCHOOL. 04:06.000 --> 04:07.933 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% >>THE KIDS ARE LIKE OUR KIDS 04:08.033 --> 04:11.700 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% AND WHEN THEY GRADUATE 8TH GRADE AND GO OFF TO HIGH 04:11.800 --> 04:17.933 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% SCHOOL, IT'S PRETTY SAD 04:18.033 --> 04:19.933 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% CHRISTINA: WHILE BOTH OF THE SILVER FORK TEACHERS CAME 04:20.033 --> 04:22.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% FROM MUCH LARGER SCHOOLS, THEY EACH WILL TELL YOU 04:22.300 --> 04:26.866 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE THEY WANT TO BE. THEY ALSO SAY, 04:26.966 --> 04:29.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% THERE'S JUST SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THIS LITTLE 04:29.233 --> 04:32.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% SCHOOLHOUSE IN THE WOODS. WHAT IT LACKS IN SIZE 04:33.066 --> 04:35.866 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% IT MAKES UP FOR IN MANY OTHER WAYS. 04:35.966 --> 04:38.266 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% SHARON: IT JUST OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES WAY BEYOND 04:38.366 --> 04:39.866 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% THE NORMAL CLASSROOM. 04:39.966 --> 04:41.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% YOU KNOW TO SET EXAMPLES FOR THE KIDS. 04:41.833 --> 04:44.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% AND TO HELP THEM WITH THE THINGS THEY NEED HELP WITH. 04:44.933 --> 04:47.133 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% 'CAUSE YOU REALLY DO, YOU BECOME A FAMILY. 04:47.233 --> 04:52.266 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% AND I THINK I EXPECTED THAT BUT WASN'T REALLY PREPARED 04:52.366 --> 04:56.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% FOR HOW MUCH OF A FAMILY TYPE ATMOSPHERE IT IS. 04:56.100 --> 05:02.133 align:left position:47.5%,start line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪