MISSION

The Strategic Plan

STRATEGIC PLAN OUTCOMES

• Independent entrepreneurial individuals
• Innovative problem seekers solution finders
• Empowered  creative contributors
• Bold navigators
• Self evolving/ self directed self sustaining learners for life

Goal Two

THE PROGRAM

Visual Arts
Painting, Drawing, Ceramics, Sculpture
Design, Architecture
Art Appreciation and History

Photography, Videography
Visual and Media Literacy
Digital Creativity

Performing Arts
Instrumental

Chorus
Drama
Dance

The Arts Deepen Thinking

• Developing artistic craft
• Deep concentration
• Persistence
• Making connections
• Observing

Aesthetic Appreciation
Manual Dexterity
Habits of Mind
Intellectual Skills

The Arts Deepen Feeling

• Empathy
• Creative confidence
• Social confidence
• Appreciation
• Awareness of Self and Others

The Arts Deepen Skills

• Communication
• Storytelling
• Complexity
• Expression

The Arts Deepen Habits

• Risk-taking
• Protoyping
• Adventure

Habits of Mind

The Arts

• Glue: Connective Tissue
• Synapse Spark
• Idea Generator
• The Engine of Invention
• Play: Neuroplasticity

Playing Together
It's the Purpose of School

Tinkering, Hacking, Coding, Crafting, Making, Prototyping, Engineering

Agency by Design
Maker Centered Learning

Hands On
Minds On

Tinkering, Hacking, Coding, Crafting, Making, Prototyping, Engineering

Social and Collective. Collaboration and Shared Experience

Interpret Experience and Make Meaning

Add Value
Solve Problems Communicate Effectively

Personal. Individual Deep Concentration

Tinkering, Hacking, Coding, Arts Tech, Crafting, Programming Making, Woodshop

Look Closely
Explore Complexity
Find Opportunity

Thinking Made Visible

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Not a Judgment of People or Program
But of Resources

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Lower School

• Art and Music
• Dance, Drama, Chorus
• Making, coding, engineering
• Woodshop, crafting
• Digital Arts and Strytelling

Digital Media
Tinkering, Hacking, Making, Crafting, Woodshop