Seacoast Charter School

Location: Kingston, New Hampshire

Seacoast Charter School is an arts integrated public elementary charter school. The school was founded with 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades in 2004, beginning with 8 students. In the ensuing years, we have grown to 232 students in grades K-8. We have added full-day Kindergarten for 2011. We are also beginning to look beyond the walls of our school to connect with the community in new and different ways.

Highlights:

The Mission of the Seacoast Charter School is to provide excellence in core academics and the arts while cultivating the individual qualities and strengths of each child. At the Seacoast Charter School, arts and academics go hand in hand. We believe that the arts bring us joy, and when we feel joy, we learn more deeply and effectively. Through a rich and varied arts program, our students learn to look closely, listen carefully, respond thoughtfully and work collaboratively. Opportunities for creative expression and independent thinking are an integral part of our rigorous academic program. The combination of challenging intellectual and artistic endeavors develops our students’ hearts and minds and enables them to live more fully in the world.


Goals:

• Emphasizing the process of learning, as well as the product
• Incorporating the arts as a serious path to broader learning
• Fostering individual growth, as well as community building
• Building a strong home/school connection

Links:

• Seacoast Charter School - http://www.seacoastcharterschool.org/
• Seacoast Charter School (Facebook) - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Seacoast-Charter-School/234282272064

Submitted by admin on: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 - 1:59 pm

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self-directed learning, charter schools, project-based learning, art