Founding Principles

• Respect for each individual child and family:

  • Each child and family has different needs, values and rules. As a community we will strive to be respectful of each others’ differences and find win-win solutions when our needs or values are not in alignment. We will also seek to understand each unique child’s needs and work to accommodate differences within our community. We will work as a community to respect each other, our community and the locations where we learn and gather.

• Diversity, Inclusivity, Equity & Multiculturalism

• Nature Based Learning-

• Sustainability

• Hands-on Learning

• Conscious Discipline

• Structured Literacy/Science of Reading

• Transparency in Governance

• Community Building

• Secular educational content. The group is open to people of all faiths or none

Respect for each individual child and family

Each child and family has different needs, values and rules. As a community we will strive to be respectful of each others’ differences and find win-win solutions when our needs or values are not in alignment. We will also seek to understand each unique child’s needs and work to accommodate differences within our community. We will work as a community to respect each other, our community and the locations where we learn and gather.

Diversity, Inclusivity, Equity & Multiculturalism

As a community we believe that there is strength through diversity. We value learning about different cultures and including multicultural content in our learning activities. We are an inclusive community that welcomes everyone of different race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, ability, and religion/faith. We acknowledge the past and present impact of racism in our society. We will include materials in our activities that teaches about racism and our shared responsibility to combat it. We will include the concept of equity and that being equal can mean providing different things to different people to give us all equal opportunities and human dignity.