The Shyne School

From the Director:

We strive to provide opportunities and guidance for children to develop critical thinking skills about others, their environment and the world around them. We feel all area's of development hold equal importance. Teachers plan their curriculum around their observations of the children's interests and skills to extent their learning.

Through observation of the students in each class teachers are able to target the skills children already know and plan activities so children will be challenged and successful. Each teacher plans, prepares and implements their own curriculum.

"Our goal is to provide a warm and caring, home like atmosphere, were all children, no matter their race, religion or economic level, feel welcome and appreciated.

Teachers use a variety of learning approaches to meet each child's individual needs. We strive to develop the whole child. We feel social, emotional, cognitive, creative and physical development are all equally important. We plan a balance of child directed and teacher directed activities and are committed to giving the child opportunities to learn the skills they need to be successful in life"

Building a partnership with parents through communication and support is important to us. We strive to be flexible to meet families needs.

We want to build bonds so children feel nurtured and can grow. We create an environment where children feel valued, safe and welcome. We strive to provide a culturally relevant curriculum where all the children and families are represented.

We hope to create a place where children love learning and build a community where lasting friendships can grow.

We start our year with curriculum night so parents have a good understanding of the goals for the year. Teachers send their lesson plans to parents each week and a classroom newsletter once a month. We have an open door policy so parents can stop by and visit any time as well as mid year parent conferences. We love to have parents volunteer to help in the class and attend the field trips.

We have a transition week for visits for the parents and children before they start. See www.shyneschool.com>registration>transition recommendations.