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The Environmental Interdistrict Magnet School -- Click here to enlarge

The mission of the Stamford Environmental Interdistrict Magnet School is to create a diverse school community through a challenging program of environmental studies that fosters a culture of collaboration, action learning and stewardship.

Core Beliefs of the Environmental Interdistrict Magnet School:

  • Experiential Learning
    • Students can learn best when learning is interactive and they have opportunities to make choices, contribute to the learning process, and have their ideas and involvement valued.
    • Children learn best with instruction that promotes integrated hands on, authentic, project-oriented experiences that develop stewardship of the environment both during the school day and beyond.
  • Community Learning
    • Students are respectful, responsible, participative members of their school and community.
    • Students need a sense of their own place in the world and a sense of their own powers.
  • Student Achievement
    • All students are capable of learning at high levels and bring their own strengths and histories as well as the strengths of their families and communities to the learning process.
    • The curriculum should foster rigorous interdisciplinary skills.
  • Partnerships
    • Parents are an integral part of the school community.
    • A culture of learning in the school is enhanced by building on community and other educational organization partnerships, family strengths, and other relevant connections.
  • Staff responsibilities
    • Staff members are committed to the school mission and core beliefs.
    • Staff works cooperatively to deliver relevant standards-based instruction experiences that motivate student interest in environmental stewardship.
    • Feedback facilitates continuous improvement and enables all participants in the instructional process to know whether standards and expected outcomes were achieved.
    • Staff members participate in professional development to prepare them to provide a project-based, environmentally-focused curriculum to their students. Teachers at the school may have opportunities to participate in science-based externships at local environmentally-focused organizations and scientific corporations as well.
  • Leadership
    • Leadership, communication, innovation and creative thinking promote positive change and growth.
    • The school culture must foster teamwork, shared decision making, and collaboration based on the mission and core beliefs of the school.

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