Core Values
- Kindness rules our hearts.
- Intellectual honesty and curiosity rules our minds.
- Perseverance and respect for others guides our behavior.
Core Educational Beliefs
- Ability is not fixed; it can increase or decrease based on effort.
- Success is due to hard work.
- All children can increase their ability in all subject areas.
- Engagement is crucial for real learning to occur.
- Children actively construct an understanding of the subject matter at hand. These initial understandings shape how students learn, and they must shape how the curriculum is taught.
- Teach in the ZONE—the place where skills and challenge intersect.
Golden Rule:
Do to others as you would like done to you. Do not do to others what you do not want done to you.