The #DexterParkPride
Every Child. Every Day.
The Dexter Park Innovation School
Vision
At the Dexter Park Innovation School we celebrate each other’s differences and strive to meet the needs of all students through collaboration amongst staff, family, and community. By providing an inclusive, welcoming environment and sustainable instruction carried out with fidelity, we will nurture the whole child and meet individual needs. We believe all students can find success.
Mission Statement
The Dexter Park Innovation School will strive to provide an inclusive environment with instructional practices designed to meet individual needs. All students will be provided with differentiated educational opportunities to increase achievement. Our mission is for all students to gain skills, both academic and social, in order to be successful in the future.
Core Values
We believe that all students can learn and that each day students have the right to feel safe, welcome, respected, and successful.
This Week at Dexter Park
Staff Book Study
Orders due September 22nd!
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FY18 Calendar is Set!
Upcoming Events
September 1 and 4: No School
September 6: Instrumental Program (grades 4-6) @ 1:30; PBS Team meeting @ 3:15 p.m.
September 8: Leadership Team Meeting @ 8:10 a.m.
September 12: Staff meeting @ 3:15 p.m.
September 18: Early release (11:30)- PD @ Mahar
September 20: PBS Team meeting @ 3:15 p.m.
September 25th: Picture Day
Quotes of the Week
“I would want to punch a Nazi in the nose, too. But there’s a difference between a therapeutic and strategic response.” Maria Stephan (U.S. Institute of Peace), quoted in “How to Make Fun of Fascists” by Moises Velasquez-Manoff in The New York Times, August 20, 2017, http://nyti.ms/2wUNTKp
“Timely feedback kicks mediocrity to the curb.” Dan Rockwell
“We find that ELA teachers’ contributions to student learning are particularly diffuse, and thus a larger portion of their instructional impact may typically go undetected or be ascribed to teachers in other subject areas or school years.” Benjamin Master, Susanna Loeb, and James Wyckoff
“Here’s the thing to remember about discipline systems at school: every one of them codifies somebody’s value system, sets in rules and regulations judgments like ‘Being compliant is good’ or ‘A good student is one who questions authority.’” Peter Greene, quoted in “There’s No One Best Approach to School Discipline, So Let Parents Choose” by Robert Pondiscio in The Education Gadfly, August 23, 2017 (Vol. 17, #34), http://bit.ly/2wK6UlN
“People of all races see black children as more adultlike than their white peers. In turn, normal childhood behavior, like disobedience and tantrums, is seen as a criminal threat
when black kids do it. This misrepresentation causes black children to be overpoliced and underprotected.” Robin Bernstein
Need Some Information?
About Us
Email: christopherdodge@orange-elem.org
Website: http://dexterparkprincipal.blogspot.com/
Location: 3 Dexter Street, Orange, MA, United States
Phone: 978-544-6080
Facebook: facebook.com/dexterparkinnovationschool
Twitter: @PrincipalDodge1