• Small learning communities
• Common teaching teams
• Common planning and professional development time for teachers
• Focus on relationships, rigor, relevancy and results
• Monthly house assembly and student recognition
• School spirit days
• Beginning of the year team building experiences
• An academic schedule which reflects the diversity in student learning which includes Special Education, ELL, Spectrum and Advanced Math
• Commitment to improving our instruction and practice in the following areas which support our professional development:

Writer’s Workshop Reader’s Workshop Math Studio Days OEL Science (Observing for Evidence of Learning) Study Groups

• Focus on academic success for all students in core subjects of Math, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies.
• Expectation that all students will be at or above grade level in core subjects when they move on to high school from Whitman.

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