Asa C Adams Elementary

Asa C. Adams Core Beliefs

The staff at the Asa C. Adams School believes that our school community is responsible for fostering a learning climate founded upon:

• Caring

• Respect

• Responsibility

• Fair and firm expectations for behavior

• Valuing and appreciating learner diversity

We value teaching practices and learning strategies, including instructional goals, placement, groupings, and activities that:

• Represent high expectations for performance by all learners

• Ensure success for all learners

• Take into account the wide range of intelligence types, learning styles, learning rates and developmental needs existing within our learning community

• Ensure that our students acquire knowledge, skills and an understanding of the process of learning

• Reflect knowledge that learning activities should be meaningful and demonstrate relevance to real life needs

• Promote student independence in learning