Our School
Creating the School We Want to Be
Our mission is:
To spark in students of diverse backgrounds and talents a passion for learning, accomplishment, and contribution to their communities.
Our philosophy states:
We value diversity. The school is committed to racial, religious, ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic, age, gender, sexual orientation and functional diversity, which strengthens our students' ability to understand and thrive in an increasingly diverse and complex society.
Our goals include:
To seek that every aspect of the school, including curriculum, students, faculty, staff, school administration and Board of Trustees, reflects the broad diversity of the larger community of which the school is a part.
Our mission, philosophy and goals enjoin us to serve children of diverse backgrounds and abilities. We believe that differences between people provide a rich and vital context for the effective intellectual, emotional, social and psychological development of our students. We believe that multiple perspectives and a range of worldviews enliven learning and stimulate good teaching. For this reason, we seek to create a school community that is inclusive, welcoming and supportive of children and families of differing backgrounds and life experiences. We want to be a school in which our programs and interpersonal relationships affirm and are respectful of the dignity and worth of each member of the school community, indeed of every human being.
We want to develop in students the skills and attitudes they need to understand each other and to act with justice and compassion. We want to address these issues throughout our educational program, in age and developmentally appropriate ways.
White Privilege Conference
April 2-5, 2008
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