What are preschools and elementary schools in Sherman oaks and Van Nuys offer to their students:
Environment:
o Exhibits high levels of cooperation, collegiality, and energy.
o Promotes respect for each other and for learning.
o Safe and supportive, children's mistakes are accepted, expected and used to promote progress.
o Fosters pride in and respect for our physical environment.
o Recognizes and understands that students are unique and individual learners.
o Embraces outside resources to connect school and community.
o Supports a strong volunteer component.
Curriculum:
o Embraces asperity significance.
o Sustains academic standards.
o Introduces and Exposes students to the arts and humanities.
Students:
o Streaming engagement in to academic and non-academic activities.
o Have clear knowledge of the lesson objectives and are able to communicate the subject matters.
o Recognize and accept their responsibility for their work.
o Striving for excellence and doing their best.
o Communicate with the teachers about their success and difficulties.
o Learn and embrace habits of mind that are necessary cornerstones for success in lifelong learning.
o Participate in community service.
Personnel:
o Support the mission and strive toward the vision.
o Make decisions based on what is best for the students.
o Improve their craft through professional development.
o Recognize each student's learning through differentiating instruction.
o Enrich students' experiences through extra curricular activities.
Leadership:
o Is a whole school responsibility, encompassing students, staff, parents and the entire community.
o Promotes teams who study research and best practices in education
