Shipley’s Mission StatementShipley’s Mission Statement

EXCELLENCEEXCELLENCE The Shipley School is The Shipley School is

committed to educational committed to educational excellence and dedicated excellence and dedicated to developing in each child to developing in each child a love of learning…a love of learning…

Through a strong college Through a strong college preparatory curriculum in preparatory curriculum in the humanities and the humanities and sciences, the school sciences, the school encourages curiosity, encourages curiosity, creativity, and respect for creativity, and respect for intellectual effort.intellectual effort.

ETHICSETHICS ……and a compassionate and a compassionate

participation in the world.participation in the world.

Shipley upholds and Shipley upholds and promotes moral integrity, a promotes moral integrity, a sense of personal sense of personal achievement and worth, achievement and worth, and concern for others at and concern for others at school and in the larger school and in the larger community.community.

School MottoSchool Motto

Courage for the Deed, Courage for the Deed, Grace for the DoingGrace for the Doing

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue but the form of every virtue

at the testing point.at the testing point.C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis

Children must Fall in Love with Goodness Children must Fall in Love with Goodness They must aspire to do their best They must aspire to do their best

and be their bestand be their best Doing your best: Being your best Doing your best: Being your best is our is our

overarching umbrella overarching umbrella Create a HookCreate a Hook Let virtues pervade curriculumLet virtues pervade curriculum Provide guidance and opportunities to put virtues Provide guidance and opportunities to put virtues

into practiceinto practice Opportunities for Self evaluationOpportunities for Self evaluation Introduce real-life inspirational characters who Introduce real-life inspirational characters who

embody these virtuesembody these virtues Create songs, poems, plays, and art to depict and Create songs, poems, plays, and art to depict and

display these virtues in actiondisplay these virtues in action We have to be people of integrity—we need to We have to be people of integrity—we need to

become what we wish our students to bebecome what we wish our students to be

Compact for Excellence and EthicsCompact for Excellence and EthicsBEST WORK: To help all students do BEST WORK: To help all students do

their best worktheir best workStudents will:Students will: Students will not:Students will not:

Teachers will: Teachers will: Teachers will not:Teachers will not:

BEST SELF:To help all students feel BEST SELF:To help all students feel welcome, safe, respected and valuedwelcome, safe, respected and valued

Students will:Students will: Students will not:Students will not:

Teachers will: Teachers will: Teachers will not:Teachers will not:

Our Classroom CompactOur Classroom Compact

BEST PRACTICESBEST PRACTICES

Opportunities to:Opportunities to: QuestionQuestion InvestigateInvestigate FormulateFormulate DebateDebate AssessAssess JustifyJustify SolveSolve

CHARACTER TRAITSCHARACTER TRAITS

Promote:Promote: CuriosityCuriosity PassionPassion ResourcefulnessResourcefulness InitiativeInitiative PerseverancePerseverance OwnershipOwnership ConfidenceConfidence

Critical Thinking and Problem SolvingCritical Thinking and Problem Solving

BEST PRACTICESBEST PRACTICES

Opportunities to:Opportunities to: ImagineImagine HypothesizeHypothesize SelectSelect ComposeCompose ConstructConstruct CreateCreate InventInvent RecommendRecommend

CHARACTER TRAITSCHARACTER TRAITS

Promotes:Promotes: Self-directionSelf-direction EnthusiasmEnthusiasm DeterminationDetermination DriveDrive Pride in workPride in work JoyJoy SatisfactionSatisfaction

Creativity and InnovationCreativity and Innovation

BEST PRACTICESBEST PRACTICES

Opportunities to:Opportunities to: InteractInteract DiscussDiscuss ReportReport ExplainExplain PersuadePersuade ListenListen DebateDebate Write to othersWrite to others Work with othersWork with others

CHARACTER TRAITSCHARACTER TRAITS

Promotes:Promotes: CourtesyCourtesy CooperationCooperation Self-monitoringSelf-monitoring AdaptabilityAdaptability SensitivitySensitivity OrganizationOrganization PatiencePatience ConfidenceConfidence LeadershipLeadership

Collaboration and CommunicationCollaboration and Communication

BEST PRACTICESBEST PRACTICES

Opportunities to:Opportunities to: Understand the Understand the

fundamental needs of fundamental needs of humanshumans

Understand the Understand the influences of geography influences of geography and history and history

Study other culturesStudy other cultures Meet/interact /network Meet/interact /network

with peoplewith people

CHARACTER TRAITSCHARACTER TRAITS

Promotes:Promotes: EmpathyEmpathy Self-awarenessSelf-awareness Other-awarenessOther-awareness GenerosityGenerosity RespectRespect Open-mindednessOpen-mindedness Global CitizenshipGlobal Citizenship

Global Awareness and Global Awareness and Multicultural LiteracyMulticultural Literacy

Hooray for the USAHooray for the USA

Skype with Another Skype with Another SchoolSchool

AANI AND THE TREE HUGGERSAANI AND THE TREE HUGGERSA True Life Story From A True Life Story From

INDIAINDIA

Teacher’s Goals Teacher’s Goals (Purposeful Activity)(Purposeful Activity) 1) To empower students by having them make

decisions about the play. 2) To give students ownership of the play, so that

they will have greater investment of self in all aspects of the production.

3) To foster the development of self as actor, writer, illustrator, singer and dancer.

4) To enhance patience: Students wait their turn on stage and they have to sit very still on and off stage when others are acting.

5) To nurture greater responsibility: Children are responsible for memorizing their own speaking and singing parts, for appearing on stage on cue, for remembering their own props, and for signaling to others on stage, when speaking parts are forgotten. (More)

Teacher’s GoalsTeacher’s Goals 6) To develop self control: Control of the body,

mastering the synchrony of actions and words, resisting the urge to wave to the audience from the stage (even if parents in the audience wave first),

sitting absolutely still on stage until their character comes to life (children practiced meditating and found that breathing calmly certainly helps),

resisting the temptation to pick fallen fragments of costume or scenery off the stage floor, and staying calm when not on stage.

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