• Belief Statements
    • •All students can learn a rigorous and challenging curriculum based on grade level standards when a system of diagnostic, formative assessments is used to monitor attainment and instructional presentation, activities are engaging and based on proven learning focused strategies, and students  are provided adequate time to process and acquire knowledge.
    • •In order for students to learn, the community, parents, and the school must work together to help students reach their unique potential as life-long learners.
    • •Parents are the primary moral educators of their children, and the school, in partnership with the parents, should exemplify a community in which respect, responsibility, honesty, caring, courage, and self-discipline are regularly expected, modeled, and taught as an integral part of the daily operation of the school.
    • •Students learn to recognize and respect the self-worth and dignity of individuals by working cooperatively with others when it is modeled for them.
    • •Students need to develop critical thinking, listening, and problem-solving skills. Children learn in many different ways; school learning experiences should provide for individual learning styles. 
    • •Each child is unique; appropriate individual characteristics should be valued.
    • •Children need to be actively involved in meaningful and challenging work that develops their ability to think, reason, and solve problems.
    • •Every child deserves the best possible education they are capable of achieving. Enriched, regular, and modified programs and teaching in a manner best suited to the needs of your students are the hallmarks of a quality school.
    • •There is great power in a warm smile, a kind word, and a positive note of appreciation.
    • •Every child should be treated as if they were our own. Being generous with praise and cautious with criticism, our words and influence as teachers will last a lifetime.
Last Modified on October 12, 2008