About
Us
Paxton Center
School is part of the Wachusett Regional School District and is located
at 19 West Street in Paxton, Massachusetts. The school accommodates
students in grades K-8 and is organized into three levels: primary
level
(K-2); intermediate level (3-5); and middle level (6-8).
School office
hours during regular school days are from 7:45am to 4:00pm.
No Child Left Behind Act
Statement of Mission:
Our mission is to develop each student's knowledge, skills, and talents
to the fullest, so that as a participant in a community of learners,
each child will use these qualities to make the world a better place
for all.
Core Values:
The members of the Paxton Center School community will:
...Work in partnership in a supportive environment to develop a high
level of proficiency in the core curriculum area of our school.
....Work in partnership to provide individualized opportunities for all
in an academically challenging environment to suppport life long learning.
....Work in partnership to respect, accept, and value diversity in ourselves
and others, support the efforts of all and recognize the resulting accomplishments.
Philosophy:
The Paxton Center School strives to provide an educational environment
in which each child has the opportunity to fulfill his/her positive potential
within the framework of a democratic society.
Goals:
Skills: Each child should acquire basic skills in reading, writing, computation,
as well as listening and speaking.
Knowledge: Each child should acquire basic concepts, key generalizations,
and principles of a given content area.
Thinking Process: Each child should demonstrate his/her thinking abilities
so that he/she can become more capable of processing information in order
to become a self educating adult.
Human Values: Each child should be provided with the experiences
which help develop and demonstrate human values such as honesty, trust,
courage, responsibility, consideration, and respect for the individual
worth of self and others.
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