PHILOSOPHY
Cultivating lifelong learners
At Point Dume School, our mission is to empower students to realize their individual potential, develop a sense of empathy and act with social responsibility.
Thus, Point Dume School strives to create a unique liberal arts curriculum embracing the best of progressive educational practices, which provide our students with an enriched academic curriculum and a supportive and tolerant community.
Within our daily school setting, we seek to develop analytical and critical thinkers who grasp new ideas and knowledge from a global perspective.
Recognizing that students have a variety of needs at each developmental stage and learn in different ways, Point Dume School is committed to help each student learn to think critically; cultivate a passion for success in academics, the arts and the outdoors; achieve a sense of emotional and physical well-being; celebrate cultural differences and our common humanity; gain a sense of personal and community responsibility and develop a life-long love of learning.
8:1
student to teacher ratio
100%
of Point Dume School's students have gone on to college.
We emphasize
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Guided, cooperative learning
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Social and emotional skills such as inclusion, empathy, kindness and diversity
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Connections across academics, such as math with history
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Inquiry-based projects, short and long term
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Positive discipline
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Environmental sustainability
We believe students learn best when
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They are actively involved.
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They use all of their senses to discuss, debate, explore, investigate, create, and gather their own information.
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They study subjects in depth rather than in broad overviews, bringing in information and concepts from related areas.
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They are interested in the topic, are challenged but not frustrated, and are having fun.
Our curriculum is designed to
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Rely on non-competitive assessments, not standardized testing.
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Be student centered.
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Be age appropriate.
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Teach core concepts and skills, academic and social.
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Include open-ended learning experiences which have many solutions to one problem.