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• La Puerta School Curriculum - (click to read more)

  Overview

  At La Puerta School we believe that when given the opportunity, all children will accomplish the extraordinary.  We understand that learning is a natural process and that through carefully designed instruction we will create opportunities for students to explore the world around them in meaningful ways.  Students at La Puerta will be actively involved in their learning and grow to become leaders of their own learning.  In this student-centered environment children will embrace ideas related to specific themes and work on projects that allow for all content areas to be integrated; Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies and Technology.  At La Puerta we recognize that children have unique strengths and interests and learn at varying rates.  Our multiage classroom honors each child, their abilities and learning styles and gives each child the resources they need to be successful, passionate, responsible learners and citizens.   
  
  At La Puerta we make it a priority to create a nurturing and supportive environment that promotes active exploration, inquiry, observation through hands-on learning projects.  Through our careful instructional design we make sure to incorporate “real life” experiences so students are able to make connections to the world around them making learning more meaningful.  We strive to introduce students “new literacies” – technology - and its application in the world.  We have partnered with many local organizations and continue to seek out opportunities to involve the community in our learning.  Our integrated approach to learning addresses the basic skills while focusing on themes developing opportunities for student to gain a deeper, more meaningful perspective of the world in which they live.  At La Puerta students are expected to work hard and have fun.
  
  We will use the Common Core National Standards for English and Math and New Mexico State Standards for all other content areas as our road map to instruction.  We will not limit our instruction to these standards, rather we will use them as a guidelines.  Given our unique instructional approach, we expect that in most cases, children at La Puerta will exceed grade level benchmarks.

• Methods of Learning - (click to read more)

  Overview

  The design of curriculum and instruction at La Puerta School is driven by research-based methods of learning that focus on the whole child and brain development.  Like a painter who may dip and dab their brushes into a variety of colors to paint a masterpiece of their own, at La Puerta we work to create a unique design using ideas and concepts from other successfully proven models of learning.  At La Puerta students will experience components of successful educational models of learning such as:

• Instructional Goals - (click to read more)

  Overview

  Foremost, curriculum at La Puerta School is designed to be challenging and fun.  We have high expectations for students and believe that they can and will rise to the expectations.  New Mexico State Standards serves as a road map for curriculum design, but the curriculum is not limited to them.  La Puerta has a broad range of objectives that includes all subject areas and social and emotional development.  Even though our goals are separated below by subject, keep in mind that many of them cross-over and apply to some or all areas.  La Puerta places special emphasis on ensuring that students accomplish the following objectives:

• Instructional Strategies - (click to read more)

  At La Puerta School we offer the following experiences for students to reach individual learning targets and broader unit goals: (This is just a glimpse of some of the strategies used at La Puerta.)

• Assessment at La Puerta School - (click to read more)

  How do we know our students are learning?