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    The document outlines the philosophy of education at High Point Academy. It believes that students learn best through experiential and active learning rather than passive learning. It adheres to a mixed methodology that incorporates multiple learning styles. The central educational beliefs include that students learn best when challenged, when they discover knowledge rather than having it imparted, and when they can apply their understanding through performance tasks. Different learning styles are addressed through adapted instructional models. Clear expectations and positive reinforcement help structure the classroom environment. These philosophies are applied in teaching mathematics through deep conceptual understanding over rote algorithms, science through inquiry-based learning and hypothesis testing, social studies through critical analysis of sources, reading through making text connections, and writing as a cross-

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    The document outlines the philosophy of education at High Point Academy. It believes that students learn best through experiential and active learning rather than passive learning. It adheres to a mixed methodology that incorporates multiple learning styles. The central educational beliefs include that students learn best when challenged, when they discover knowledge rather than having it imparted, and when they can apply their understanding through performance tasks. Different learning styles are addressed through adapted instructional models. Clear expectations and positive reinforcement help structure the classroom environment. These philosophies are applied in teaching mathematics through deep conceptual understanding over rote algorithms, science through inquiry-based learning and hypothesis testing, social studies through critical analysis of sources, reading through making text connections, and writing as a cross-

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    OurPhilosophyofEducation

    Ourpedagogyisbasedonavarietyofeducationalresearchersandrespected
    practitioners.Chiefamongstourbeliefsabouteducationisthatallchildrenaredifferent
    andnosinglepedagogywillsuitallchildrenwebelieveinamixedmethodologyin
    whichmultiplelearningstylesareincorporatedinourclassroom.Westronglyadhereto
    HighPointAcademysmission,whichstatesthatweprovideatraditionalandbalanced
    approachtoensurethatstudentsacquiretoolsforanalyticalthinking.

    OurCentralEducationalBeliefs:
    1.

    Studentslearnbestthroughexperientiallearning,inwhichtheyareactive,rather
    thanpassivelearners.(JohnDewey)
    2.

    Studentslearnbestwhentheyarechallengedtoreachtheirzoneofproximal
    developmentthejustintimeknowledgethatstudentscangraspbasedontheir
    interestsandpersonalbackgroundknowledge(LevVygotsky)
    3.

    Studentsaredonesignificantharmbythebankingmodelofeducationinwhich
    thestudentissimplyarepositoryofknowledgeandtheteacherimbuesaworldview
    uponthem.Rather,studentslearnbestwhentheydiscoveranddevelopapersonal
    worldview.(PaoloFreire)
    4.

    Thematicunitsshouldculminateinaperformancetaskinwhichstudentsareasked
    toshowdeepunderstandingofthebigideasandpersonalanswerstotheessential
    questions.(JayMcTighe)
    5.

    Everystudentlearnsdifferently,anddifferentlearningstylesshouldbeaddressed,
    andsupportedthroughadaptedmodelsofinstruction.Adaptationsshouldenable
    studentstoexpresstheirdeepunderstanding,ratherthanloweredstandards.(Carol
    Tomlinson).
    6.

    Aclassroomrunsbestandthemostlearningoccurswhenstudentsarepresented
    withasetofclearexpectationsandconsequencesforbehaviorandsupportedwith
    positiveandnurturingreinforcement.(DougLemov,LeeCantor,JimFay)

    WhatdoesthislooklikeinMathematics?
    Inmath,studentsshouldexploredeeplythefoundationalconceptsofmathematics,and
    ratherthansimplyapplyinganalgorithmorshortcut,shouldunderstandwhythat
    algorithmisappropriate.Whileproceduralskillisimportant,wealsoplacedeepvaluein
    theskillofproblemsolving.

    WhatdoesthislooklikeinScience?
    Inscience,studentsshouldexploretheirworldsthroughinquiryandthescientific
    method,tounderstandtheworldthroughskepticalscientificeyes.Studentsmustlearn

    totesthypothesesrigorously,ratherthansimplyacceptfactspresentedinatextbook.
    Whilescientificknowledgeisimportant,wealsoplacedeepvalueontheskillof
    scientificinquiry.

    WhatdoesthislooklikeinSocialStudies?
    Insocialstudies,studentsshouldtakeacriticalperspectiveonhistoryandthestory
    beingtold.Studentsanalyzeprimaryandsecondarysources,andbuildconclusions.
    Whileknowledgeofthefactsofhistoryisimportant,wealsoplacedeepvaluein
    historicalanalysis.

    WhatdoesthislooklikeinReading?
    Inreading,studentsshouldreadwiththepurposeofmakingconnectionsconnections
    totheworldaroundthem,toothertextsandtotheirownpersonallives.Strongreaders
    contextualizetheirreadingthroughconversations,analysisandwriting.While
    comprehensionisimportant,wealsoplacedeepvalueinreadingasamethodof
    selfdiscovery.

    WhatdoesthislooklikeinWriting?
    Writingisthecrosscurricularbindingagentthattiesallofthesubjectstogether.Inhigh
    schoolandcollege,studentswillbeexpectedtodemonstratetheirselftaught
    knowledgethroughwriting,andthedevelopmentofthatskillmustbeginnow.While
    narrativewritingisanimportantskill,wemustbalancethatwiththecollegiatenormof
    expositoryexpression.

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