Mending the Net: The Learning Zone considers how the principles of Whole Schooling can be incorporated into the high school setting to reach students at risk of disassociating from their learning. Whereas schools strive to create a safety net to catch students in need, there are often holes in that net some students fall through. This project was based on the desire to catch those students and to 'mend the net'. Designed to create a learning space for all, students were given the place, opportunity, skills, and community to 'learn how to learn' what they wanted to learn. This practice paper which recounts the experience of the Learning Zone (LZ), is told through brief descriptions of the students who used it and describes how they benefited from having access to this space.