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PRACTICE WHAT LIFE DEMANDS

Common Ground helps students from age 8 to 18 practice the real-world skills adulthood demands by turning learning into shared projects that connect school to life to the world.

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A Complete Program Designed for Real-World Growth

One approach, multiple pathways: all responding to real needs.

More Than Activities

Common Ground is a full program designed to help students practice essential real-world competencies through meaningful, multilingual, hands-on projects. Rather than isolated sessions, it offers a coherent journey that makes growth visible and tangible.

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woman using MacBook Air in room
Built for Today’s Challenges

Across education and enrichment spaces, students are expected to develop leadership, agency, and decision-making, often without a clear structure to practice them. Common Ground creates that structure through shared projects and public outcomes.

Some environments choose to implement the full program with deeper progression and assessment. Others introduce selected experiences that complement what already exists — while keeping the same level of rigor.

Flexible by Design
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Robot arm playing chess with a human hand
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Monitor displays 'don't quit.' with laptop below.

The Common Ground Intent

Common Ground exists to address what many environments struggle with:

  • the disconnect between academic learning and real-world application

  • the absence of clear pathways to practice agency and leadership

  • the difficulty of making collaboration and communication truly experiential

  • an opportunity to use a learnt foreign language in real-life situations

We create a shared space where students build something real together, and grow through the process.

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group of people jumping

The Common Ground Experience

Taking students from idea to impact in 6 weeks.

Start With Purpose

Build Something Real

Stand Behind the Work

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Students begin with a meaningful challenge that invites collaboration, curiosity, and ownership.

Ideas take shape through collective effort, decision-making, and hands-on creation.

Students present what they create publicly — developing confidence, responsibility, and a stronger sense of voice.

Find Your Starting Point

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Common Ground can begin in different ways — as a full program, curated experiences, or a local initiative.

Choose the starting point that feels closest to your reality.