The mission of Little River Elementary School is to provide an environment that values and educates the total child. Little River School believes strongly in school-based decision making, of which parents, teachers, support staff, and administrators are a part. Our SBDM Team has invested extensive hours reviewing programmatic initiatives, evaluating student achievement data, investigating program effectiveness, and determining areas impacting student achievement that still need improvement. The program incorporates the Theory of Multiple Intelligences which was developed by Harvard psychologist, Howard Gardner.
Students develop different strengths and combinations of intelligences throughout the academic year.
By combining Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory with interdisciplinary teaching, classroom teachers provide many opportunities each day to acknowledge and nurture unique learning styles and skills in each individual student. Each month, a different character trait is emphasized in the school either through literature, class discussion, or action. Clearly, the strong programs, high expectations, and mutual efforts of parents, faculty, and students to ensure that all students perform at or above grade level is having success. To this end, students in grades K through 3 are provided an enrichment curriculum to challenge higher-order thinking and problem solving strategies. Fourth and 5th grade students may received advanced instruction in language arts and math.