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
Summer Book Study
Boys on the Right Track
FY18 Calendar is Set!
Free Events This Summer:
Upcoming Events
June 2nd: Grade 5 to Old Sturbridge Village
June 6th: Staff Meeting @ 3:15 p.m.
June 6th: Field Day (grades 3 and 4) *NOTE THE DATE CHANGE*
June 8th: Grade 6 to Mahar for orientation
June 9th: Step up @ 9:00 a.m./Graduation @ 1:00 p.m.
June 12th: Last day of school (11:30 release)
Quotes of the Week
"Shame and isolation are common side effects of students’ difficulty in learning to read, but they don’t have to be.” Barb Rentenbach, Lois Prislovsky, and Rachael Gabriel
“Faced with dozens of students, each with their own needs and interests, teachers may not see every child’s intellectual gifts, especially when those gifts are obscured by a physical or social appearance that the teacher views as abnormal or undesirable.” Barb Rentenbach, Lois Prislovsky, and Rachael Gabriel (ibid.)
“When you treat someone as their highest self, you help them become that person… One has nothing to lose by treating another person with respect.” Barb Rentenbach, Lois Prislovsky, and Rachael Gabriel (ibid.)
“If students are learning in an environment in which they (a) are encouraged to master the material, and (b) have the opportunity to work on various tasks, activities, and assessments until they reach a point of mastery, then cheating serves little purpose and results in minimal benefits.” Eric Anderman and Alison Koenka
“For students, dawdling is an art form. No matter how much time you give them for a lesson transition, they will need more… Students know that as soon as the lesson transition is over, you will put them back to work. They have a vested interest in dawdling.” Fred Jones in “Eliminating Wasted Time,” Tools for Teaching, January 31, 2017,
http://www.fredjones.com/single-post/2017/01/30/Eliminating-Wasted-Time;
see http://www.fredjones.com/pat-bank for an extensive bank of Preferred Activity Time incentive activities.
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/dexterparkschool
Twitter: @PrincipalDodge1