Walgrove Elementary School Core Beliefs

Walgrove Elementary School fosters an innovative learning environment that develops global awareness and a shared responsibility for our community. The Walgrove experience will lay the foundation for a lifelong love and enthusiasm for learning and the pursuit of knowledge.

Walgrove is a diverse community of learners, including students, staff and parents, who communicate with mutual respect, as they support each other within a shared set of core beliefs. The Walgrove staff is actively engaged in delivering an enriched, standards-based curriculum for all students. The Walgrove staff has creative freedom within a safe environment that supports the emotional, physical and social growth of all students, with respect to their diversity.

• We believe children learn best when they are seen as creative and inventive discoverers.
• We believe that hands on experience, prior knowledge, self discovery, guided learning and direct instruction are keys for students to construct and gain knowledge.
• We believe children learn best through intrinsic motivation and a love of learning.
• We believe that all children learn best when their diverse individual experiences, backgrounds and voices are valued and respected giving an equitable opportunity for all to reach their maximum potential.
• We believe that children learn best when the school environment supports children's social and emotional growth as a foundation for their academic growth.
• We believe that cooperation among students, staff, and parents, involving open communication and respect for each other's diversity, is critical to a child's academic and social emotional growth.

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
- William Butler Yeats