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!
Please submit today!
Empowering Students: Making Learning Personal
"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 2nd: Early release (11:30)/Light it Up Blue Day
April 3rd: All school assemblies (1:30 and 2:00)
April 4th: PBS Team meeting @ 3:15/PTO Spaghetti Supper/School Committee
April 5th: Innovation School Support Team @ 3:15
April 6th: MCAS infrastructure trial (more details to come)
April 10th: *STAFF MEETING CANCELLED*
April 11th: Harlem Wizards Game
April 11-12th: Mount Grace garden lessons (more details to come)
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)
"If you’re willing to stay at school until 9pm every night, your work will oblige you by expanding to fill whatever time you give it.” Justin Baeder
“Evidence is starting to emerge that stress isn’t just endemic to leadership – it’s an epidemic.” Justin Baeder (ibid.)
“The feedback sandwich is full of baloney.” Dan Rockwell
“Pat people on the back more than kicking them in the pants. You suck the life out of people when all you do is point out what’s wrong.” Dan Rockwell (ibid.)
“Contrived collegiality can look collaborative but is really a superficial relationship in which members will often meet but are not afforded the time to dig deeply into the issues.”
Denise Morgan and Celeste Bates
“Across the country at this very minute, there are thousands of students sitting in classes they could have aced on the very first day of school. An even larger population of students are being dragged along to more-advanced concepts before they are ready, simply because the teacher needs to cover all of the course objectives in the allotted amount of days for the semester.” Jessica Shopoff and Chase Eskelsen in “High School Reimagined (and We Truly Mean Reimagined)” in The Education Gadfly, March 21, 2018 (Vol. 18, #12), https://bit.ly/2pglHiE
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