Our Board of Education supports continued staff development. Our staff attends conferences and workshops, visits exceptional educational programs in other districts, and works with consultants to develop and improve curriculum and instruction. Our staff is enthusiastic and dedicated to the children they serve. Teachers are comfortable with a wide variety of current instructional methods. Classrooms are child-centered, developmentally appropriate, and focus on the process of learning and reflection about the learning process.
Children work both alone and in groups to solve real problems, and they learn from each other.
Critical thinking is valued and the curriculum is integrated to promote a holistic approach to learning. Computers and Internet access is available in every classroom, and two computer labs allow large group instruction at Middleton and McCracken. We are proud of our work in Skokie School District 73.5. We believe that we are successful in creating a positive school culture which focuses first on the needs of children. We are keenly aware of our challenge to be a bridge for families who are at various points in the acculturation process, as they entrust their children to us and to an American public education system which is unfamiliar to them.