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Our Core Values
We believe in Potential...
- Humans are born with the need and the right to communicate, interact, and use their energy and curiosity to construct their learning.
- Children have a voice that is sought, valued, and shapes the life of the school.
- Children and adults can do hard things in order to grow, and can withstand ambiguity, cognitive struggle, and challenge in order to learn.
- Each person has limitless potential and we behave in ways that show that.
- The school’s charge is to provide a system of delivery resulting in all children learning at high levels, so that their life opportunities and access are expanded through their experience here.
We believe in Connection...
- All of us bloom by engaging with one another, sharing roles and jobs, and approaching our school with collective responsibility.
- Each child has a network of relationships at school that make it impossible for them to fail.
- At the center of our system is the triad relationship between teacher/staff, children, and family- all of these are connected within the context of the environment and community.
- Adults must build a safety net for children- our processes and procedures result in a systematic response that meets each child’s social/emotional and academic needs
- When we are in conflict, we must seek mutually agreeable solutions and collaborate to solve problems.
We believe in Inspiration...
- Each of us possesses a unique combination of 100 languages- for expressing, communicating, absorbing and experimenting with the world around them.
- The 100 languages must be honored and recognized in our experiences with one another.
- Curiosity, creativity, and flexibility are necessary ingredients in the human condition.
- Children thrive where adults thrive and vice versa.
- Joy, fun, and celebration are essential to our life together at school.
We believe in Equity...
- Each community member is whole, just as they are.
- Learning, wellness, nutrition, and access to experiences and opportunities are rights that all people have.
- We have a responsibility to constantly ask, “what am I missing?” “whose voice is missing?” “are we all here?” “are we all heard?” in order to elevate the voices of members of oppressed or marginalized groups.
- Each person in our community belongs; this is reflected in our interactions with one another, our physical space, our events and curricular choices.
- We have a responsibility to disrupt the status quo and seek equity, reject oppression, and create social justice.