Our Mission
Ridgewood School provides the best possible educational opportunity for all students so they can become adaptable and productive lifelong learners.
We believe in:
- Upholding the premise that outstanding preparation for future academic and life challenges is paramount;
- Inspiring each individual student to achieve academic excellence in an environment that is challenging and developmentally appropriate;
- Striving for enjoyable and stimulating learning activities designed to engage students in reaching their fullest potential;
- Reaching each student’s fullest potential through a caring, professional staff and a supportive home environment;
- Encouraging each student’s self-expression and unique way of thinking;
- Creating a nurturing environment by rewarding both sincere effort and success in order to encourage life-long learning;
- Respecting diversities of every order: education, socio-economic background, religion, gender, race, age and ethnicity;
- Teaching and exposing students to the positive social behaviors of respect, responsibility and concern for others;
- Providing students with a clean, safe and secure learning environment.
Our goals are to:
- Develop a student who is competent in the basic skills of reading, writing, arithmetic, logic, listening, speaking and organization;
- Teach students to apply the basic skills to solve problems and communicate effectively;
- Teach students to identify, understand and appreciate the dynamics of family, community, national and global relationships;
- Enable the student to examine and clarify a personal value system and respect the value system of others;
- Teach the concept of responsibility as a lifelong commitment to self-discipline, participation, service and learning;
- Prepare students to participate effectively in our society.
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