Friday, June 28, 2013

Building Community

 A core component of the Reggio Emilia Philosophy is viewing children as respected members of the community. The image of the child shows that they are capable, passionate, discoverers, and deeply respected. 

Our school offers many events and activities to encourage building community with our students. To facilitate a deeply rooted student community, we offer Connecting once a week. Children in the preschool wing participate in visiting other classrooms to engage in current project topics, interact with new materials, and work closely with multiple age levels. The weekly connecting times promotes the interaction among the students within the school.

To strengthen the bonds of the parents in our community, the children of the Compass School host events to include their parents. Classrooms often invite their parents to their culminating event at the end of a project to display their knowledge or hold a special meal to celebrate their relationship. The parents show their respect for the work of the children by attending these functions.

Children at the Compass School routinely invite community members, Field Experts, into their school to share knowledge. Community members learn from the children or the children use the community members as tools to further their investigations and curiosity. 

Building community within the school is an extremely important aspect of the philosophy and highly encouraged at the Compass School.

A picture display of the members of the Compass School emphasizing
their relationships.



Photographs displayed in the classrooms to connect families 
and children to the school.

"We Are All Tied Together"  
An art piece created by Executive Director, Laura Carr, using donated ties 
from fathers of the children at the Compass School.

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