Founders & Staff
Nicolette Groeneveld (on ISC's Superhero Day)
Nicolette taught Junior High French Immersion for
10 years. During that time, she was appreciated for
her sunny personality, how genuinely she cared about
her students and for the fact that she nurtured not
only her students' academic growth but also their
personal growth. Nicolette delighted in her students
but became increasingly disillusioned with a system
that, to her, holds too many contradictions, counters
what is natural in children and, ultimately, does
damage to children. Looking for a different career
path, Nicolette found the Sudbury Valley School's
website and immediately knew she had found the approach
to education that rings true to her heart. She spent
her next year working with co-founder, Ric, to create
the Indigo Sudbury Campus.
Nicolette's other accomplishments
include being a published author of two novels and
an accompanying activity guide; compiler and co-author
of a French poetry collection for adolescents; a passionate
public speaker; and an inspiration and guide to hundreds
of teenagers.
Nicolette is currently working on
a screenplay through which she hopes to awaken the
masses to the limitations of the public education
system.
Ric Rosborough (exploring a computer program)
Ric comes from a family with a rich history in public
education. He, himself, taught Junior and Senior High
for 18 years, priding himself on the fact that his
classrooms were filled with joy, passion, responsibility
and respect. However, as an out-of-the-box thinker
and one who thrives on variety, Ric was destined to
move from traditional education to the non-traditional
approach of the Sudbury philosophy.
Ric brings to ISC a history in sports
that includes: coaching multiple sports, riding motorcycles,
skiing (water and snow), snowboarding, enjoying snowmobiling
and hang gliding, and competing in high jump in the
Canada Summer Games and the Junior Olympics.
Ric is also passionate about exploring
the human condition and serving as a personal coach
to others. As a public speaker, workshop creator and
facilitator, he draws on many of his life experiences
including trips to India, Egypt and Mexico. He is
an avid reader and a member of The Association
For Global New Thought (A.G.N.T.)
http://www.agnt.org/, Deepak Chopra’s
Peace Is The Way Global Community
http://www.peaceisthewayglobalcommunity.org/ and
The Institute Of Noetic Scientists (I.O.N.S.)
http://www.noetic.org/
Ric is the father of two, has been
a Teen Group leader, and has been the creator and
member of a men’s group.
Ric’s passion is to be a catalyst
for gentle, graceful, easy learning and change through
facing the Truth (that Love is all there is) and feeling
the fear and doing “it” anyway. Ric knows
and lives the truth that says: “True forgiveness
of all and acceptance of what “IS” aids
in our transformation into wholeness.” His personal
philosophy of tolerance, acceptance and surrender
adds to the freedom and responsibility of the Sudbury
philosophy. This, and more, led Ric to be a Co-founder
of the Indigo Sudbury Campus.
Tim Moore (teaching students to draw eyes)
Tim is ISC's resident inventor/creator. He brings
to the Campus all of the following, as quoted from
his presentation to Campus Meeting:
"I have many skills for students
to draw from including;
Working with wood, metal, glass, concrete, copper,
aluminum, plastic, brass, stainless steel, plaster,
rubber, fiberglass, fabric, cardboard, paper, rock,
paint, dirt, animal hide, clay and water.
"I know how to use a metal or
wood lathe, drills, routers, sanders, grinders, chainsaws,
radial arm saws, crosscut saws, band saws, jig saws,
chop saws, table saws, hacksaws, dremels, air tools,
sandblasters, cutters, wrenches, rope, screwdrivers,
scrapers, clamps, hex keys, plyers, sockets, benders,
riveters, punches, chisels, snips, hammers, prybars,
hatchets, knives, files, levels, squares, rulers,
tapes, chalk lines, calipers, gauges, scissors, brushes,
rollers, magnets, tap and dies, magnifiers, telescopes,
microscopes, vises, welders, brooms, mops, presses,
milling machines, airbrushes, vacuums, a computer
with photoshop, imovie, 3-D studio, cameras, lights,
grip equipment, spfx equipment, hazers, smokers, air
cannons, water cannons, fire effects, dive tanks,
generators, snowblowers, jackhammers, etc...
"I know how to: draw, sculpt,
carve, mold, paint, take and light photographs, make
commercials and films, ski, snowboard, make electronic
gadgets of many descriptions, upholster, make jewelry,
create steam, smoke, wind, water, fire, snow and earth
effects for film, make puppets, design and build furniture
and other functional art or objects , catch fish,
throw fish, sew, ride a motorcycle, camp, sail, make
models, write poems, make playgrounds, do lighting,
ride bikes, bend plastic, make ramps, make sushi,
make all kinds of rigs and jigs, tie knots, build
fires, do plumbing, carpentry and electrical work,
kayak, canoe, climb, swim the length of a pool underwater,
dance and follow what I know.
"I would like to: learn how to
play a guitar, scuba dive, make a bike that walks
on snow, make skis that float on water, make a bike
that turns into a propelled boat, drive a flying car,
travel all over the world, invest my money so I am
independently wealthy, spend time (at the Campus)
and enjoy every moment of every day."
Tim is at the school to support the
students in building whatever creation they can imagine!
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Our Vision
To create a peaceful world by celebrating and
honoring the magnificence, creativity and innate abilities
of youth!
Our Mission
To create a supportive, democratic
learning environment where youth are free to discover,
explore and express their passions and interests.
Open since:
September 2002
Current enrolment:
43 students ages 4 - 18.
We welcome students ages 4 through 20 of all racial, cultural
and religious backgrounds and who are willing and
able to be respectful, responsible, reasonable and
peaceful.
