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| About
The Laurel School |
| Our
Mission and Vision |
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| For our students and school community,
we: |
| Foster
self-esteem and confidence and promote a sense of community. |
| Inspire
a lifelong love of learning, a cultural appreciation, and environmental
sensitivity and awareness. |
| Provide
a strong academic base, enhanced by the inseparable integration
of the arts. |
| Provide
a loving and respectful environment in which each child develops
into a self-starter, an original thinker, and a perpetual learner. |
| Emphasize
honesty, respect, kindness, cooperation, laughter, thoughtful
resolution, positive reinforcement, tolerance, and an acceptance
of difference. |
| Our
Philosophy and Programs |
| The Laurel School provides a loving, supportive
environment promoting children with the opportunity, freedom,
and trust to explore and learn. With consistent guidelines,
structure and positive reinforcement children learn in an atmosphere
of mutual respect. In this atmosphere, children develop confidence
and a strong self-esteem and adults nurture and encourage children
to become independent thinkers. |
| Faculty members have high expectations
for each individual child and design a program using a well-rounded
curriculum to meet each child's needs. The Laurel School curriculum
follows the Massachusetts Frameworks as a foundation but integrates
fine arts, music, dance, environmental studies, physical education
and Spanish with the basics. By utilizing an eclectic approach,
our faculty members are able to teach to the many different
learning styles and to enable the children to move at their
individual pace. With confidence, children enjoy successes,
take risks, and love to learn. |
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The Laurel School is accredited
by the Association of Independent Schools in New England (AISNE)
and certified by the State Board of Education. The Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) license
the preschool program.
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