"Our Core Values"
Optimism
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We believe the future will be better based on our efforts, and we want to put in the effort to realize that future.
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We don’t get hung up on frustrations and setbacks.
Grit
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We have the strength to hang in there when the going gets tough and consistently rise up to face all the challenges in our lives and school.
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We set high goals and persevere in achieving those goals.
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We understand that mistakes are part of learning, and failure leads to strength.
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We strive to live our lives honestly, both academically and socially.
Intellectual Curiosity
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If you are not asking questions, you are not thinking.
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We learn best when the curriculum offers creative opportunities and activities.
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Students are curious to apply learned knowledge and skills to new, real-world situations.
Caring
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Before anyone cares about what you know, he/she wants to know you care.
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We must put ourselves in the shoes of others before passing judgment, treating someone harshly, or speaking cruelly about others. We have compassion.
Love of Learning
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We believe that all students can learn and want to learn, no matter how they express their desire to learn.
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As human beings, we experience one of the deepest and most profound feelings of satisfaction when we understand that we have truly learned something new.
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As teachers, our deepest sense of personal satisfaction is when we know that we have had a positive impact on the life of a child.
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We believe that students learn best when instruction is varied in its practice and is individualized to students’ particular learning styles in order to fully engage and motivate our students.
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Collaboration brings the greatest results, between teachers, between students.
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Students develop higher levels of mastery when they can apply learned knowledge and skills to new situation.
Our Pledge
Commitment to the Educational Experience
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A rigorous secondary school education.
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An intimate learning environment with small classes, advisories and parent contact.
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An integrated curriculum with clear relationships between academic subjects.
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Service to the community promoted as part of the learning experience.
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An integrated arts curriculum, nurturing students’ self-expression creatively and constructively.
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Participation in volunteer programs and college enrichment experiences that challenge the comfort zones of our students
Civic Responsibility
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Students prepared to be successful, contributing members of society.
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Families actively involved in the school community by volunteering in the parent organization.
Respect for the Community, the Environment and Others
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Student awareness of the ecological system in which they live and expose them to measures they can take to improve the health of that system.
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Nurture the emotional, mental and physical well-being of each member of our community.
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Maintain a school that is intimate enough for students to be comfortable and build lasting relationships with faculty and other students.