Parent Handbook: Philosophy and Goals

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We recognize that each child comes to our school with individual characteristics: physical, mental, social, and emotional. These factors make a difference in what each child can learn, and the methods by which they can learn most successfully. For these reasons our school knows each child and plans an appropriate program for him. It provides a wide variety of experiences to meet each youngster's needs, reveal and develop his gifts, strengthen his self-confidence, and nurture in each child a zest for learning.

In order to serve the purpose of education in a democracy, we must stimulate the creative imagination and the social conscience of our children so that they want to strive for a better school, a better community, a better nation, and a better world.

Our school program is constructively evaluated for effectiveness and continually adapts to advancing knowledge and changing conditions. We must look forward to better ways of educating children for living in the complex world of today and tomorrow. The professional staff has the primary responsibility for realizing the goals of an elementary school. However, all decisions regarding how to teach and what learning experiences to provide are based upon proven and tested educational findings.

A good school is the entire community working and growing together with meaningful involvement of all members. This includes pupils and their parents, teachers and administrators, the Board of Education, and community members. No school can be better than the people who contribute to it and the ideas that motivate them. It is the responsibility of the entire school community as defined above to review and recommend modifications in school programs.

 

To operate in terms of these principles the school, parents, and community should work together toward the following goals:

 

The individual should be provided opportunities to:

 

1. Develop basic skills.

2. Gain a general education.

3. Develop a desire for learning now and in the future.

4. Develop pride in work and a feeling of self-worth.

5. Reinforce good character and self-respect.

6. Learn to respect and get along with people with whom we work and live.

7. Learn how to be a good citizen within the framework of the American democratic republic.

8. Appreciate beauty and culture in the world.

9. Practice and understand the ideals of physical activities, health and safety, and leisure time pursuits.

10. Learn about and try to understand the changes that take place in the world.

11. Learn how to respect and get along with people of other cultures.

12. Gain information needed to make occupational selections.

13. Learn how to learn and work as a team.

14. Learn how to utilize technology as a tool to enhance and increase knowledge.