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Women of Impact
Marin Magazine
April 25, 2023

When Celeste’s husband had a crazy idea, this time for a school that integrates every lesson to a single historical timeline, she responded, “We can do that.” And she did. She created a curriculum: a four year schedule of weekly topics in history, math, science, grammar, art, and literature, writing assignments and Making projects. Then she wrote and recorded 200 short songs for memorizing weekly history, skip counting math, the countries of the world and a 15-minute timeline medley spanning the past ten thousand years.

A school was born. Chronos Academy reaches kids who otherwise languish in traditional curricula. These children breeze through their assignments or understand the topics deeply and wait for their class to catch up. But Chronos Academy turns on the academic firehose and offers students a drink. Gifted and talented students are motivated by that challenge.

A gifted child herself, Celeste challenges her English and Latin students to grow their skills, recruits new families, trains teachers, and choreographs the history songs to make them even more memorable and fun. Her greatest gift to her students is her social emotional coaching: caring for each child and helping them individually navigate their challenges and celebrate their successes throughout the day.

TreeNet Installation
@TreeNetWillys
March 31, 2023

This is what it’s all about… There’s no feeling like watching the kiddos explore their new net wonderland after watching us weave all week long. This massive multilevel playground will connect the younger generation to the magic of the trees and hopefully encourage them to spend more time outside so they can connect more with nature, each other, and themselves.
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Check out Chronos Academy in Larkspur, CA for a unique, one of a kind learning experience for local TK-8 students.

Whodunit? A Medieval Murder Mystery Fundraiser For Chronos Academy
Marin Magazine
July 15, 2022

Chronos Academy, a private K-8 micro-school in Larkspur, is not your typical school, so it was befitting that the Golden Gate Learning Foundation, which provides Chronos Academy’s gifted students with scholarships, held its recent fundraising event with a fun, medieval twist.

Game of Crowns: A Medieval Murder Mystery Dinner Party, held at Redwoods Presbyterian Church on April 2, involved attendees assigned to role-play characters from the Middle Ages. First, in true banquet style, guests enjoyed an authentic medieval feast catered by Tamara Wolfson, with a menu of hand pies, potato leek soup and leg of lamb. As they dined, Mike Foley serenaded them on classical guitar with Renaissance style music.

Following dinner, guests were informed that someone amongst them had been suddenly and mysteriously assassinated — leaving them to their own devices to figure out who, how and why. During a dessert course of baked apples and honey pudding, it was revealed who amongst them was the villainous culprit.

The proceeds from the event will support Chronos Academy students in need of financial and academic assistance. Event sponsors included Chronos Academy, Tamara Wolfson, Mike Foley and Redwoods Presbyterian Church.

Golden Gate Learning Foundation provides financial and operational assistance for science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) education and cultural enrichment for the students of Chronos Academy, their families and their communities.

A League of Extraordinary Makers
Channel New Asia
May 2022

A walkthrough the Makerverse, a world where artists, inventors and hackers come together to make almost anything. From guitars formed from AK-47s to an entirely open laptop that ships with screwdrivers, from technology that grows to fashion that feels, from 3D printed prosthetics to digitally fabricated cities - this is the story of the Maker movement, a deep-dive into the minds of extraordinary Makers and the things they make!

A movement that begins in the American garage and seeps out of the periphery onto the streets where Makers become the superheroes the world needs today. From nothing or once-destitute circumstances, Makers are rising again to reimagine a future where everyone is a Maker, Makerspaces become micro factories, bits turn into atoms and cities produce everything they need on their own.

Booster shots before summer break
ABC7 News
May 2022

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The FDA is getting closer to authorizing a booster for children 5-11 years old. This could happen as soon as Tuesday.

Daniel and Celeste Ezell spend their days focused on their Boutique school for gifted students in the North Bay. "Everything is integrated in history. So, when we teach a math lesson it's actually about the mathematician who discovered that math and so we understand the motivation of that particular math skill. Same with science, same with literature," said Daniel Ezell, head of Chronos Academy and Chronos Maker Summer Camp.

In four weeks, they are welcoming more students, but this time to their Chronos Academy Maker summer camp. As early as Tuesday, the FDA could be authorizing a Pfizer booster for children 5 to 11 years old -- just in time for camp and summer gatherings. "The access to a booster has certainly affected us positively. It gives us peace of mind in our family," said Ezell.

Interview with Dale Dougherty
Make: Magazine
August 2, 2021

“They like to use history in their classes and Maker Camp as both inspiration and a framework for learning about the people and the experiments that generated our current understanding of the world. Daniel is a fan of Bill Gurstelle’s “ReMaking History” (3 Volumes published by Make:).

The programming for Maker Camp is “piloting what we’re going to do in the school year,” said Daniel. The coming school year will focus on the period from the Middle Ages to Renaissance, ending with some of DaVinci’s inventions. One week in this year’s Maker Camp is themed “DaVentions.” “What we’re trying to do is test out projects that we’ll be doing during the school year,” said Daniel. “We see how we can streamline them for a group of about 12 students.”