Isaac Newton did poorly in elementary school. The classic research on the value of expectations was conducted in the 1960's by Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson in schools located in San Francisco, California. Their work, Pygmalion in the Classroom, found that labeling has a measurable effect on student behavior and the level of demonstrated intelligence. Great Expectations teachers hold high expectations for all students. The quest is for excellence in all things.
Excellence is never an accident.
Excellence is a habit that students and teachers must work toward every day. They must keep it at the forefront of their thoughts and practice it constantly. Students in Great Expectations classrooms speak in complete sentences. They address the teacher and other students by name. They greet guests with warmth and exuberance.