OUR OBJECTIVES

The purpose of The Model School is to provide a true alternative for parents who know that children can't wait and who want for their children a comprehensive educational program in an ideally prepared humanistic developmental learning environment

General Objectives

	To develop and implement a model school and child development center
	To provide supervision, instruction, guidance, educational activities and recreation for young children in well prepared, humanistic, developmentally appropriate learning environment
	To conduct and/or participate in scientific research which leads to a better understanding of the learning process and to the development and implementation of effective teaching techniques
	To provide informal education, instruction and support for parents
	To provide a comprehensive full day program so that parents can be gainfully employed, seek employment, participate in a training program or pursue other interests
	To develop and implement a community outreach program by involving the community in Model School sponsored activities which promote positive attitudes and behaviors toward children and schools

Specific Objectives

	To develop learning environments which meet the needs of every child
	To provide a wide variety of cognitive and social experiences
	To help each child to experience daily success and develop self esteem
	To help each child to develop the ability to concentrate
	To help each child learn to make choices and to conceive and develop his or her own ideas
	To help each child to develop trust in herself or himself and appropriate trust in others
	To help each child develop initiative and a sense of responsibility
	To help each child enhance and maintain his or her innate sense of order
	To provide for the child a safe, healthy, supportive and beautiful environment while away from home
	To provide for special needs and to discover and nurture the abilities and talents of each child