Curriculum
A Framework of Values
The North Branch School is organized around ten core values which form the basis of the school’s curriculum and approach to children as developing learners:
The North Branch School is organized around ten core values which form the basis of the school’s curriculum and approach to children as developing learners:
A curriculum that:
- Allows students of different abilities and backgrounds to succeed with success being measured by a student’s willingness and effort to deepen intellectually, ethically, artistically and emotionally
- Emphasizes the integration of intellectual endeavors with students’ idealism, beliefs and visions
- Is personally relevant and provides opportunities for reflection on the self
- Gives responsibility to students for creating and maintaining a vigorous and positive learning environment
- An awareness of and experiences in the natural world
- Physical activity and physical health
- Respect for people of diverse backgrounds
- A concern for the well-being of others in the school and greater community
- Learning as a life-long endeavor occurring within and beyond the classroom walls
- Openness, a sense of humor and fun
