Expected Outcomes

Upon completion of our program, Maria Montessori Secondary (Grades 7 & 8) students will be:

Responsible

• Become a self-directed, composed, moral and independent person
• Develop physical and emotional well-being
• Demonstrate responsibility for their learning and actions
• Maintain a safe environment in which all are free to learn from their mistakes and remain reflective and open-minded

Thinking

• Examine fundamental issues
• Identify problems and solutions
• Recognize and examine moral and ethical issues
• Apply knowledge to experience and experience to knowledge
• Integrate knowledge from various subject areas
• Become creative, critical, and evaluative thinkers

Communicating

• Master essentials of effective reading, writing, speaking, listening, calculating, and computing
• Demonstrate effective use of media, aesthetics, quantified data, and technologies
• Access, retrieve, analyze, and present information

Contributing

• Design, implement, and participate in projects to improve our school and community
• Demonstrate respect and care of self and others
• Engage in the exchange of ideas, information,and talents with peers and others

Citizens of our Nation

• Know, apply and value the history and principles of our nation
• Acquire and evaluate information about issues and concerns
• Propose thoughtful solutions to local, national, and world problems

Within a Global Society

• Respect and value the human dignity of every individual
• Be adaptable to changes in society, technology, and employment
• Organize people, events, and other resources to implement innovation and change
• Acquire the skills of a life-long learner