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MISSION STATEMENT Revised 1/22/02 • Hanahau`oli is dedicated to educational excellence by making learning exciting, challenging and enjoyable. It validates childhood and the way children learn as a foundation for life-long learning. • Hanahau`oli is committed to learning by doing. It integrates the essential skills and concepts of the basic disciplines. It promotes critical and creative thinking, and emphasizes the important role of the arts as an expression of self and culture. • The learning environment also integrates school life with the home and world, and encourages partnerships within the community. • The Hanahau`oli child develops as a unique individual, with a deep sense of groundedness, demonstrated by a respect and responsibility to self and others, within a diverse and global society. BELIEFS • The family is the first, and foremost educator of children; the school seeks to create a close connection between home and school and expects direct parent involvement in a child's school experience. • Children construct meaning by interacting directly with their world: therefore, school experiences should build on this natural way of learning. • Children demonstrate different strengths and develop at different rates: therefore, flexibility and differentiated expectations characterize a good learning environment. • Real-life problems and situations offer the best means for developing useful skills and understandings. • Hanahau`oli's program addresses the cognitive, socio-emotional and physical development of each child. • The school seeks to reflect the diversity of the larger society and is a suitable setting in which to teach children to become productive members of democratic communities. • Hanahau`oli seeks to provide an excellent education for its own children and can serve as a model and source of innovation for other schools. return to top |
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Schoolwide Learning Outcomes Hanahau`oli School seeks to develop an individual of integrity who demonstrates independence, interdependence, flexibility, perseverance and active and receptive learning. Hanahau`oli creates an environment and program which builds upon a child's sense of self that starts deep within and extends globally. Therefore, the Hanahau‘oli graduate should, Be a life-long learner who recognizes, seizes and utilizes opportunities for growth and learning; Strive for individual excellence, reflect on and evaluate progress and set individual goals for growth; Value learning as a vehicle to promote understanding of self, others and the world; Understand and value diversity by respecting, caring and accepting one's self and others; Develop an understanding of the interdependence of humans and their environment and the role one plays in the stewardship of our Islands and the earth; Develop a beginning understanding of how the world works, one's place in it and an awareness that one's choices affect its future; Develop criteria over time to support aesthetic judgments; Understand group processes and value contributing positively to school, groups and communities to which s/he belongs; Recognize the importance of play, challenge and fun in learning; Communicate effectively in oral, written and artistic forms; Competently compute, read and write; Master academic/technological skills appropriate to the age, developmental level and profile of the learner; Develop criteria to evaluate and use information responsibly; Use creative and critical thinking to solve problems and make responsible decisions. return to top |
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