Goals of the Schools
- To Articulate a Consistent, Coherent and Creative Curriculum
The Schools continue to articulate an integrated, coordinated and consistent curriculum
within each grade level, across grade levels and across departments.
- To Encourage Teacher Creativity and Initiative
The Laboratory Schools value the creativity and experience each teacher brings to the program.
The task of developing a consistent, coherent, evolving curriculum is primarily given to teachers.
Administrators lead and facilitate this process.
- To Understand and Support the Whole Child
The Schools aim to integrate classroom learning with students' experiences outside of class.
This is the focus of advisory, homeroom, and co-curricular and extra-curricular programs.
In addition, every faculty member accepts responsibility for balancing social, psychological
and emotional growth with academic learning.
- To Attract and Support a Diverse Student Body and Faculty
The Schools continue to value and support cultural, economic, ethnic, geographic, racial,
and religious diversity among students and faculty. To this end, scholarship, special
course offerings, mentoring, exchange programs, and a number of student clubs focus on linking
the Schools to the larger community.
- To Achieve a School Community that is Socially Responsible
The Schools address issues such as environmental degradation, violence, drug and alcohol abuse,
and positive gender and racial relationships.
- To Maintain Economic Stability
The Schools maintain recruitment, tuition, and fund raising strategies that contribute to their
fiscal health.
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