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Our Goals<\/h1>
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Our staff is dedicated to a set of core values that honors children as unique, valuable and diverse individuals who need relationships steeped in trust and respect in order to thrive. By creating an atmosphere based on these core values, the teaching staff of our school nurtures and guides each child toward realization of the goals that we have established for them providing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Our Goals for Your Child:<\/h3>\n
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  • Foster positive self-concept<\/li>\n
  • Develop social skills<\/li>\n
  • Encourage thinking, reasoning, questioning and experimenting<\/li>\n
  • Encourage language development<\/li>\n
  • Enhance physical development and skills<\/li>\n
  • Encourage sound health, safety and nutritional practices<\/li>\n
  • Encourage creative expression and appreciation for the arts<\/li>\n
  • Develop respect for cultural diversity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.<\/em>
    \n– William Butler Yeats<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n

    Our Core Values:<\/h3>\n
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    • Appreciate childhood as a unique and valuable stage of the human life cycle<\/li>\n
    • Base our work on knowledge of how children develop and learn<\/li>\n
    • Appreciate and develop the bond between the child and family<\/li>\n
    • Recognize that children are best understood and supported in the context of family, culture, community and society<\/li>\n
    • Respect the dignity, worth, and uniqueness of each child<\/li>\n
    • Respect diversity in children and their families<\/li>\n
    • Recognize that children and adults achieve their full potential in the context of relationships that are based on trust and respect<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
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