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 among 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 Beliefs
We believe that all students who attend The Dexter Park Innovation School:
Can learn
Have a right to feel:
Safe
Welcome
Respected
Successful
Adult Community Guidelines
We will strive to recognize and respect the perspectives and ideas of all staff, while assuming we all have positive intent for our students.
We will work together to create an adult learning community in which all members feel valued and respected.
We will communicate our ideas, concerns, or needs for support openly, honestly, and respectfully.
We will help each other identify root causes of problems and consequences without judgement to problem solve as a team.
We will work together to create and protect time in our schedules to share, discuss, and collaborate with fellow educators.
Making Learning Personal: Staff Genius Hour Projects Due Monday!
#DexterParkPride
I am thrilled to announce that our school is being highlighted by The Department of Education for our inclusion work. This publication is going out to over 2,000 educators statewide. A publication such as this will have a major impact- we will soon be getting great deal of interested schools looking to learn from us. I could not be prouder of the hard work you do for ALL of Orange's students!
"If you want to give light to others, you have to glow yourself."
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Our North Star
Positive Behavior Support Update
Our Dexter Park Promises
Positive Phone Calls Home
Current phone call count= 32
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Upcoming Events
May 2nd: PBS Team @ 3:15 p.m.
May 2nd and 3rd: ELA MCAS (grades 5 and 6)May 4th: Leadership Team @ 8:10 a.m.
May 8th: Early release (11:30)
May 9th and 10th: Math MCAS (grades 5 and 6); Garden work (schedule coming soon!)
May 15th: Staff Meeting @ 3:15 p.m.
May 15th and 16th: Math MCAS (grades 3 and 4)
May 17th and 18th: STE MCAS (grade 5)
May 25th: Memorial Day Assembly
Quotes to Ponder (I have the full article if you'd like it)
“It seems that it comes very naturally for us to decide that when things go wrong, it must be because of some bad individual with bad intentions. We like to believe that things happen because someone wanted them to, that individuals have power and agency; otherwise, the world feels unpredictable, confusing, frightening.” Hans Rosling
“None of us has enough mental capacity to consume all the information out there. The question is, what part are we processing and how did it get selected? And what part are we neglecting?” Hans Rosling (ibid.)
“Good writing has always been driven by the desire to communicate something of great value and alter the reader’s state of mind.” Yekaterina McKenney in “Making Student Writing Matter” in Educational Leadership, April 2018 (Vol. 75, #7, p. 33-37), https://bit.ly/2Hq923J; McKenney can be reached at ymckenney@warriors.winnacunnet.org.
“Individually correcting errors on student papers is among the least efficient uses of a teacher’s time.” Mike Schmoker
“[W]e cannot plan lessons for students we do not teach; doing so means student voices are stripped from our instructional decision-making.” Brian Kissel
“To grow as instructional leaders, principals tend to need coaching and support, much more than they need to be monitored or evaluated.” Meredith Honig in “What a Difference a District Can Make” in Phi Delta Kappan, April 2018 (Vol. 99, #7, p. 42-48), www.kappanmagazine.org
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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