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Williamsburg
Public Schools
Our Mission
Statement
Anne T. Dunphy Elementary Helen E. James Elementary
We wish to
guide
our children toward a lifelong love of learning for its own sake;
toward an appreciation of the limitless power of knowledge; toward a
vision of the future founded on lessons of the past; toward reverence
for health of mind and body; toward dedication to principles of truth,
friendship and justice in human affairs; and toward a desire to enjoy,
to enhance and to preserve the beauty of the world in which their
children will one day live.
What is
distinctive about our school..........
Universal Design
for
Learning (UDL) instructional model- each child is addressed as an
individual
Excellent Student:Teacher ratio (Ave. Class size 16) Technology integration leader World Languages (Spanish and French) Balanced Literacy approach to reading Educating
the
Whole Child:
Social and
Emotional Development Throughout the Curriculum
*Research
supports a common sense understanding that children learn best in
environments that are physically and emotionally safe.
*Social skills and emotional growth are actively promoted throughout the school day by the structures and processes of the classroom and the school. Learning is primarily experiential. Class meeting, empowering the class to develop their own class rules, cooperative learning strategies and group problem solving are integrated into the classroom. *Recess problems, disruptive behavior, life events, classroom events and classroom group dynamics provide numerous "teachable moments". Additional planned activities have included improvisational theater games, conflict resolution, group initiatives, team building and ROPES course adventures, gender equity exploration, and social justice issues. Our
Program
Math:
Constructivist pedagogy coupled with practical tools enabling the
development of each child's mathematical skills. Numerous
hands on activities and investigations are used to promote each
child's development.Science: An inquiry based study of science utilizing a hands-on approach. Language Arts: Developmental Reading & Writing Assessments, Reading Recovery, Accelerated Reader, and literature based integrated instruction are utilized to create a balanced whole language and phonetic approach to instruction. Social Studies Thematic History and Geography units drive instruction. Students explore cultures from local to international through integrated studies. A
Brief Profile & History of the
Town of Williamsburg and the Village of Haydenville While scenic Williamsburg is a quiet little town from which one may, summer or winter, step into the forests of the Berkshire Hills, it is the last stop on the Pioneer Valley bus system that connects the town to Northampton, Amherst and all the educational, cultural and market opportunities that the Five College Campus attracts to the Pioneer Valley. The population is founded of the rooted families that have descended the ladder from those agrarian settlers who had cleared the woods more than two hundred years ago, intermarried with the industrialists and immigrant mill workers who rode the tide of the industrial era up the river in the mid-nineteenth century. Salted in, is the added human element of those educators, professionals and others who have come to enjoy the peace and tranquility of Burgy. |