Sandpoint Charter School is here to provide your student with a rigorous, project based approach to education in positive small school culture for grades 6 through 12. We emphasize hands-on learning, critical thinking and problem solving skills and we expect high academic and behavioral standards from our students.
We believe that education needs to be more than worksheets and your student is more to us than a test score. Here at SCS, our guiding educational philosophy is Project Based Learning (PBL). We believe that students learn best when they are faced witha meaningful inquiry process and work on "rigorous projects that are carefully planned, managed and assed to help students learn key academic content, practice 21st Century Skills (such as collaboration, communication & critical thinking), and create high quality, authentic products and presentations." (From http://www.bie.org/about/what_is_pbl)
Over the past ten years of experience with PBL, we have found that there are two parts to the knowledge and skill set that our students need to learn. Part one is concerned with content that every student needs to have; like solving a variable in math or how to write a 5 paragraph persuasive essay. To us those skills are a starting point but they are not everything that our students need to know. We also want them to practice creativity, research skills, critical thinking and problem solving, to be good leaders as well as followers, work collaboratively and be a productive part of our learning community.
The three R's at Sandpoint Charter School:
* Rigor - Our academic curriculum pushes students to excel
* Relevance - The curriculum is project-based learning, providing meaning and motivation for students.
* Relationships - SCS fosters positive relationships with teachers and fellow students through our advocacy program and a high level of personal responsibility.
Sandpoint Charter Schools do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex or disability in providing education services, activities and programs including vocational programs, in accordance with Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
