Lincoln School Mission
Lincoln School is a multicultural community in the foothills of the Himalaya that inspires in each student a passion for learning, the confidence and competence to pursue their dreams, and the commitment to serve as a compassionate global citizen and leader, who is a steward of the environment.
Core Values
We believe that:
- Experiencing and understanding diversity enriches life and learning.
- Continuous learning is essential to growth and well-being.
- Each individual has value and positive contributions to make.
- Working together benefits the individual and the community.
- Working together towards a common goal creates limitless possibilities.
- A nurturing environment encourages people to realize and express their full potential.
- When individuals act with integrity and take responsibility for their actions, the community and the environment thrive.
Strategic Objectives
By 2014, each student will:
- Participate fully in an innovative and vigorous academic experience.
- At least annually, identify, investigate, plan, and reflect on progress made towards pursuing a personal dream.
- Consciously and consistently choose to serve the community and the environment, and to model this behavior within and beyond the campus.
Update as of May 2011:
| Strategic Objective
By 2014….. |
Progress as of April 2011….
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| At least annually, identify, investigate, plan, and reflect on progress made towards pursuing a personal dream.
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- Committee convened to discuss rubrics for this; outcome was that rubrics for this do not work. Discussion continues about best way forward.
- HS Faculty discussions and decisions regarding Senior Project will result in re-vamping that so that it becomes more of an elective than a demand. - Greater emphasis on inquiry-based learning will continue to support this objective within the curriculum itself. |
| Consciously and consistently choose to serve the community and the environment, and to model this behavior within and beyond the campus.
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- Review of Explore Nepal and Kaleidoscope programs reveals greater opportunities for community service resulting in new elements for EN/K to be introduced in 2011-12
- Courses in MS/HS begin to encourage students to serve the LS neighborhood - Discussion by HS faculty will introduce new possibilities for community service within different parts of the schedule. |
| Participate fully in an innovative and vigorous academic experience.
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- Specific Mission-driven emphasis within curriculum review and design
- Curriculum work: adopted revised review cycle; Math and Social Studies in progress. Latest research and programs have been taken into account to ensure both a sense of innovation and vigor. - Full faculty participation in the curriculum development process and reporting to Board through Ed Committee - Implementation of administrative re-structuring to support new Secondary initiatives - Implementation of robust elective track for both MS and HS in 2011-12 with significant student input into this process |