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
Positive Behavior Support Update
2017-2018 Student Ambassadors
Positive Phone Calls Home
LAST DAY TO ORDER YOUR OES JACKET!
Staff Book Study
Get Staff Updates to Your Phone!
Upcoming Events
September 22nd: Leadership Team @ 8:10 a.m.
September 25th: Picture Day- staff photo at 3:15 p.m.
October 4th: PBS Team @ 3:15 p.m.
October 6th: Leadership Team @ 8:10 a.m.
October 9th: Columbus Day (No School)
October 17th: Early release (PD @ Dexter Park)
October 18th: Chip Wood visit/meets with PBS Team @ 3:15 p.m.
Quotes of the Week (If you want the full article, let me know!)
“Transforming a school is a long, hard, and often lonely task. Some people want change, others don’t, and some simply aren’t prepared to wait for results to show.” Alex Hill, Ben Laker, Liz Mellon, and Jules Goddard
“I believe you let down 30 students a year by protecting one incompetent teacher.”
A U.K. turnaround principal
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” Vince Lombardi Jr.
“Too often, when children struggle to read, educators assume the problem lies within the children themselves. But in fact, decades of research have shown that whatever children’s innate skills, strengths, and abilities may be, what really matters are the beliefs, attitudes, and actions of the teachers and other adults in their lives.” Deborah Wolter
“Students do not naturally know how to open up their perspective to other points of view. We must model it. We must teach it. We must practice it. If young people do not see the adults in their lives valuing outside perspectives, changing their opinions, and allowing themselves to grow, students will never understand why expanding their own perspective matters nor how to achieve it.” Dustin Dooly in “Living and Learning Beyond One Dimension” in Knowledge Quest, September/October 2017 (Vol. 46, #1, p. 26-31)
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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