Our Ideal School

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Our Ideal School

• by The Lions

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Our School Should Teach

• Independence
• Manners Respect
• Responsibility Accountability
• Collaborative Working
• Standards
• Music Arts (allow students to become culturally
  aware)
• Basic skills for students to survive in the 21st
  century
• Encourage motivation

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A Good School Is One That

• Fosters learning for ALL students
• Enhances encourages creativity
• Allows lateral thinking for students staff
• Allows teachers to teach
• Teachers staff are respected by parents
  students

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A Successful Student Is Able to

• Be present at school (physically mentally)
• Succeed in the classroom outside in the
  community
• Communicate effectively
• Participate in their environment (see it see
  the possibilities to get involved)
• Entertain themselves positively (ie, not get
  bored)
• Continually work to obtain the best results for
  his/her abilities

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An Effective Classroom Is One In Which

• All students are engaged
• Ideas flow
• Different leveled students are reached
• Students are focused on-task
• Curriculum is being taught related to the
  outside world

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A Staff Member Is One Who

• Positive, helpful, friendly, non-critical
• Supportive, available, non-threatening
• Is a team member as well as a leader
• Participates rather than dictates
• Understands the demands daily routine of all
  positions

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An Effective Teacher is One Who

• Facilitates integrity of the school (including
  standards of behavior, respect, dress,
  discipline, learning, community awareness)
• Works well with others (grade-level teams
  clusters, parents, admin students)
• Has mastery of his/her core standards
• Understands cross-grade level requirements
  curriculum

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A Quality Instructional Program Includes

• Grading scales unified across grade levels
  (elementary) or subjects (middle school)
• Meeting needs of all learning-styles
• Availability of up-to-date (and working)
  technology
• Arts, music, health, physical education in
  addition to the core subjects
• Knowledgeable trained teachers

• Enthusiastic teachers engaged learners
• Assessments unified across grade levels and/or
  subjects
• Theme-based learning in younger grades (all
  subjects relate to a theme/unit)
• Teachers given time during the school day to plan
  and prepare
• Parents entrusting the education of their
  children to the teachers

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In Summary
Our vision is that Roy Cloud School specializes
in Communication Arts Technology. We believe
this will challenge students and provide a
purpose for their learning.
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What We Want

• Computer labs with up-to-date technology
• A staff member whose sole-purpose is to support
  the technology of the school (curriculum
  hardware)
• Newspaper literary magazine
• Visual performing arts productions/assemblies
• Art Show
• Music production
• Performing Arts production
• TV station (announcements on the TV station)
• Science experiment week (ie, egg drop challenge)
• Student involvement in the community
  (volunteering, service hours, etc)