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.
Dear Team,
Chris
My Latest Reflections
Shirt Campaigns to Support a Cause:
Choosing Kindness and Gratitude
Our North Star
Positive Behavior Support Update
Our Dexter Park Promises
Positive Phone Calls Home
Current phone call count= 22
We Want to Hear from You
Staff Book Study
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Upcoming Events
December 25th-January 1st: Holiday Break
January 2nd: Welcome back!
January 9th: Chip Wood Consult; Staff Meeting @ 3:15 p.m.
*NOTE- JANUARY ALL SCHOOL ASSEMBLY IS CANCELLED*
Quotes to Ponder (I have the full article if you'd like it)
“This is no longer an Encyclopedia Britannica world in which someone can thumb through a reference book to check the veracity of someone’s assertion. Everyone must be equipped with the skills of an analyst.” Joan Richardson in “When the President Is a Liar” in Phi Delta Kappan, December 2017 (Vol. 99, #4, p. 4), www.kappanmagazine.org
“Critical thinkers are amiable skeptics. They are flexible thinkers who require evidence to support their beliefs and recognize fallacious attempts to persuade them.” Heather Butler
“The public schools are one of the few places where diversity of opinion exists in a context that requires communication. There is, then, an opportunity in schools to discuss controversial issues in a context where participants have real disagreements and positions in which they have some investment.” Jonathan Zimmerman and Emily Robertson
“Technological innovation has created wonders but displaced millions of workers. The meritocracy has unleashed talent but widened inequality. Immigration has made America more dynamic but weakened national cohesion. Globalization has lifted billions out of poverty but pummeled the working classes in advanced nations. What’s needed is reform of our core institutions to address the bad byproducts, not fundamental dismantling.”David Brooks in “What’s Wrong with Radicalism” in The New York Times, December 12, 2017, http://nyti.ms/2B8dcOS
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