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.
#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!
Buckle Up: Next Week will be "Action Packed"!
Making Learning Personal: Staff Genius Hour Projects!
"If you want to give light to others, you have to glow yourself."
I Value Your Input! (Please complete by Monday!)
Our North Star
Positive Behavior Support Update
Our Dexter Park Promises
Positive Phone Calls Home
Current phone call count= 30
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Upcoming Events
April 9-13th: Spirit Week
April 10th: *STAFF MEETING CANCELLED- Genius Hour Projects!*
April 11th: Harlem Wizards Game
April 11-12th: Mount Grace garden lessons (times above)
April 13th: Leadership Team @ 8:10 a.m.
April 16-20: April Vacation
Quotes to Ponder (I have the full article if you'd like it)
"The truth is, public schools are a critical lifeline for low-income students and families. When they are open, students of different income levels – rich, poor, and middle class – achieve at roughly the same rate. When they are closed, achievement gaps widen and a variety of academic, health, and social-emotional outcomes decline. So why are schools closed in the summer?” Sarah Pitcock in “The Case for Summer Learning: Why Supporting Students and Families All Year Is Vitally Important” in American Educator, Spring 2018 (Vol. 42,#1, p. 4-8, 39), https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/ae_spring2018_pitcock.pdf
“I’ve seen classrooms where teachers deliver instruction overwhelmingly through worksheets, or packets of worksheets. I have seen my own kids’ schoolwork come home, and I have asked friends, other parents with school-age kids, and colleagues who consult in lots of schools, and nearly all of them tell me that a lot of our students’ instructional time is being spent hunched over some kind of worksheet. That’s a problem.” Jennifer Gonzalez
“School psychologists who are more integrated into a school system are more likely to have a greater comprehensive role and are less likely to burn out before their full influence can be realized.” Ashley Enz and Charcelor McCullum
“They worked hard. But they worked hard to turn me into a trained monkey.”
Saul Chandler, formerly violin prodigy Saul Lipshutz, on his teachers
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