Staff and parents conceptualized Westwood Basics Plus to provide a quality basics curriculum plus more. To ensure academic and social success for all students, our instructional program is focused on essential learning, higher order thinking skills, and developing ethics and values. This approach enables students to develop the knowledge and skills to become competent and contributing members of the workplace and society in the twenty-first century. We at Westwood Basics Plus believe all students can achieve success. To achieve that end, we provide a developmentally appropriate program to address each child s specific needs.
Every student has access to the core curriculum and receives specialized instruction as appropriate.
The content of our curriculum is balanced and carefully designed to facilitate maximum student achievement. It is aligned to the goals in our mission statement, district standards, state curriculum frameworks and standards, and national expectancies. We set high learning standards and deliver coordinated instruction through an integrated curriculum. There is regular and ongoing articulation among and between teachers, which results in regular and meaningful assessments. In addition, to maintain our quality curriculum, the staff engages in a Cycle of Inquiry continuous curriculum renewal process, which includes research into effective learning practices.