GOAL!
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Feedback on 75th Anniversary
Feedback from Faculty on Big Ideas
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Handwriting
ECP & Lower School will adopt Handwriting Without Tears with formal instruction occurring in JK through 3rd Grade
Lower School Faculty Meeting
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School Vision: What to Expect in Lower School for 2014-15?
- Continue to grow and incorporate the Responsive Classroom approach
- Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of students
- Assess, re-evaluate, and adjust program
- Focus on learning and less on the product
- Student connection is KEY
- Take risks!
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School Vision: Where are we going?
- Balance teaching time with academics and the social/ emotional growth (e.g. Responsive Classroom)
- Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of our (e.g. Blue Sheets, Discuss students, Learning Center)
- Regularly assesses program and practice with the goal of always improving
- Deliberate focus on cultivating compassion & good citizenship in children (e.g. RC, service learning)
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June 11, 2014
Report Card Review
- "Moving in the right direction"
- Tweaked attributes
- Big Question for 2014-15: "How can the school best present information about student progress so both parent & child have an accurate and real time understanding about where the child stands academically and socially throughout the school year?"
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Debrief on End of Year Events
- Grandparents & Special Friends Day
- Field Day
- Graduation