
Our Beliefs
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Students benefit from high standards, challenging expectations and quality work.
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Teachers will challenge every student by matching high academic expectations to individual learning potential, thereby increasing student performance.
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Teachers, administrators, parents and the community share the responsibility for advancing the school’s mission.
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Students learn best when they are actively engaged in the learning process.
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Students learn best in a safe and respectful environment.
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Every student is a valued individual with unique social, emotional, and intellectual needs.
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Students learn best when they have appropriate opportunities for success.
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Each student is a valued individual with unique physical, social, emotional and intellectual needs.
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A student’s self-esteem is enhanced by positive relationships and mutual respect among and between students and staff.
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Students will develop planning habits, think independently, use multiple resources, evaluate personal actions, be sensitive to feedback, restrain impulsivity, make a point when it is warranted, and work diligently on a task when answers are not immediately evident.
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Students need to apply their learning in meaningful contexts.
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Schools need to function as a learning organization and promote opportunities for all those who have a stake in the success of the school to work together as a community of learners.
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The commitment to continuous improvement is imperative if our school is going to enable students to become confident, self-directed, lifelong learners.