Clara Barton Open School is a student-centered, public K-8 magnet school fostering a community of active, socially conscious, life-long learners.
Clara Barton Open School is a student-centered, public K-8 magnet school fostering a community of active, socially conscious, life-long learners.
Barton Values:
- We instill a love of lifelong learning through passionate engagement and meaningful experiences.
- We value each child for his or her perspective, and create a safe, caring and reflective environment that values each child.
- We offer an interdisciplinary curriculum and culturally responsive instruction. Using the Responsive Classroom model, we encourage choice, critical thinking, independence, arts expression, social skills and intellectual engagement.
- We develop an atmosphere of mutual respect and equity through our diverse learning community.
- We encourage creative, courageous and collaborative inquiry for all by developing learners who think independently and thrive in a global society.
- We involve children in decision-making and self-directed learning. Their voices are an essential part of the process.
- We educate for a democratic society by valuing personal voice through curriculum that strengthens community and a sense of citizenship.
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