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Welcome to Helen Keller Elementary School! |
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| HELEN KELLER SCHOOL VISION Helen Keller Elementary School strives to be a model school where… Our Climate: • Exhibits high levels of cooperation, collegiality, and energy. • Promotes respect for each other and for learning. • Is safe and supportive, where children’s mistakes are accepted, expected and used to promote progress. • Fosters pride in and respect for our physical environment. • Understands that students are unique and individual learners. • Embraces outside resources to connect school and community. • Supports a strong volunteer component. Our Curriculum: • Embraces rigor and relevance • Maintains standards as minimum academic requirements and moves beyond the scope of those standards. • Exposes students to the arts and humanities. Our Students: • Are actively engaged. • Know the lesson objectives and can communicate them. • Take responsibility for their work. • Show responsibility by striving for excellence and doing their best. • Communicate to a receptive teacher what they don’t understand. • Learn not only content, but habits of mind that are necessary cornerstones for success in lifelong learning. • Participate in community service. Our Personnel: • Support the mission and strive toward the vision. • Make decisions based on what is best for the students. • Improve their craft through professional development. • Recognize each student’s learning through differentiating instruction. • Enrich students’ experiences through extra curricular activities. Our Leadership: • Is a whole school responsibility, encompassing students, staff, parents and the entire Keller community. • Promotes teams who study research and best practices in education. |
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