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HIAWATHA ACADEMIES - Minnesota School District

About School District: Our Values HIAWATHA ACADEMY'S CORE VALUES: H.E.A.R.T. All Hiawatha schools have adopted a clear set of school-wide values by which students, teachers, parents and leadership pledge to live at all times: Honor. Excellence, Always Try Again, Responsibility, and Team. Teachers, leaders and parents will live by these values and model them for our young scholars. By learning the values of H.E.A.R.T. at an early age, our students will be prepared to go to and through college and to be citizens that serve the common good. Honor Honor in its purest form is the ability to recognize the goodness in each individual and to respect oneself and others. Honor also encompasses integrity, honesty, and making decisions that are self-evident and appeal to a higher moral code. At Hiawatha Academies, students will learn to honor each other, the school, their families, their community, and themselves. Faculty will model honor by treating students, families, and one another with respect. In addition, teachers will model self-worth by dressing and conducting themselves professionally. Students will honor each other by treating all members of Hiawatha Academies' team and family with respect and courtesy. Students will also learn to honor themselves. Students will learn to take accountability for their actions and to do the right thing even when no one else is watching. By doing so, they will be true to themselves and maintain integrity even when others around them do not. While honoring themselves, their teachers and their community, students will remain humble and remember that with all their success they are never too important to remember who they are and the responsibility they have to their community. Excellence Everyday Students, teachers and staff will strive for excellence in both academics and character. Students will be expected to develop the critical thinking skills, desire, discipline, and attention to detail to do their best work. This means that students will complete 100% of their class work and homework, with special care taken in neatness and homework turned in on time. When students have yet to meet these standards, they will be asked to redo their work. Teachers will be vital in modeling excellence to their students. Teachers will embody thoughtful lesson planning, creative and innovative instruction, and a strong focus on academic results. Always Try Again Students will embody determination and relentless pursuit in the face of the economic, social, and political obstacles they face each day. Each day, students will set academic and leadership goals that they will strive to meet. One of the school's mottos is "make mistakes and brainstorm solutions." Students will spend time in the afternoon meeting reflecting on these goals- celebrating their successes and making an action plan for the next day. When a student is struggling, she or he will be supported and encouraged to remember the importance of perseverance—that dreams can be realized with hard work and by asking for help. Responsibility Service and taking ownership for making positive change every single day is at the core of Hiawatha Academies' mission. Students will take responsibility for their own learning, for their own actions, and for helping their teammates to ensure that everyone learns and succeeds. All students will use their hard work and responsibility to complete all of their class work and lifework, to actively participate in class, to think critically about what they are learning, and to work with their teammates to challenge each other and get better every day. For example, when the school has added more grades, 5th grade students will mentor incoming kindergarteners and take responsibility for their younger teammates. Hiawatha Academies will establish a culture where students also take responsibility for helping their peers. For example, a struggling student's lifework buddies may call him/her every night or another child may check the student's agenda at the end of the day to ensure the child has his/her lifework. In addition, students will learn the importance of making small and large positive changes every day, such as saying thank you to someone who helps them. Team The saying "team beats individual" is central to the culture of Hiawatha Academies. The concept of team is much larger than teamwork. While teamwork suggests that teammates work together to help one another, team implies that every student and staff member must always remember that s/he is an active member of one or more teams. Engaging in teamwork sometimes is not good enough; instead, students and staff members will always be encouraged to make decisions that will benefit the entire team. Students will work together as teams to plan and complete community service projects. Teachers will work closely together so they may all achieve the mission of the school. For example, teachers will collaborate with other teachers to evaluate student work and maintain a common standard for student writing across all subjects. In addition, much of the school's discipline and reward system will be public, taking place with the understanding that the school is one team and one family. Teammates will be expected to help each other through difficult times, support one another, and help everyone maximize their learning potential.
Website: http://www.hiawathaacademies.org/
County: HENNEPIN COUNTY
Contact Phone: 6129875688
Contact Address: 3810 EAST 56TH ST, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55417
Grade Level: Kindergarten to 8th Grade
Total Schools: 3
Total Students: 655
Total Staffs: 77
FTE Teacher: 51
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