The Children's School

At The Children's School we stress strong interrelationships among students, faculty, parents and the community. All people involved in The Children's School have the right and responsibility to share their ideas, their knowledge, and their feelings with each other. The school provides an environment that encourages open communication. Children learn by active involvement in diverse media and by direct personal experiences. The school provides experiences that accommodate a variety of individual learning styles. As new concepts or skills are introduced, we believe that tasks should be presented on a continuum moving from concrete example to abstract understanding; from carefully considered action to automatic integration of codes of behavior. We believe that motivation for learning comes from within the child and is stimulated and cultivated by teacher and parent reinforcement, guidance and example. We strive to prepare children so that they will be able to manage their lives satisfactorily in this complex world. While offering them the security of the familiar educational community, the school regularly leads the children to test their skills, concepts and beliefs in larger settings. From these experiences they come to value and learn from the widest variety of lifestyles and beliefs and attain the proficiency and confidence to act effectively as responsible citizens in our world community. We embrace a multicultural approach to learning. Children are whole beings, and it is known that learning tasks and experiences, by their nature, often fragment the whole being. It is our belief that each task must lead back to the whole and that each child should always be aware of the relationship between part and whole. The Children’s School strives for the development of the whole person.