Academics
JJS/Castleson Schools Inc has refocused its vision and mission to prepare its students to become "thinkers and leaders of tomorrow". An assessment plan has been created and implemented to realign the curriculum with the vision and mission of the school and to monitor progress. Teachers have been undergoing rigorous professional development to align their skills with current trends in education and the school's mission.
The core values are:
Academic Excellence
To create a strong academic foundation so that students are best prepared for their future education.
Creativity
To provide students with interesting, fun, and varied learning experiences so that their creative thinking is enhanced.
Ethical Responsibility
To instill a strong sense of right and wrong, discipline for self-respect, and respect for humanity and the environment.
Local and Global Involvement
To cultivate love of one’s country, respect for those of different backgrounds with the aim of producing a well-informed, competent, and responsible citizen of the world.
Persistence
To inspire love of work, dignity of labor, and perseverance in face of challenge.
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Famous quotes containing the word academics:
“Our first line of defense in raising children with values is modeling good behavior ourselves. This is critical. How will our kids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled with hate? Learn compassion if we are indifferent? Perceive academics as important if soccer practice is a higher priority than homework?”
—Fred G. Gosman (20th century)
“Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain “above the fray” only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.”
—Stephanie Coontz (b. 1944)