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A place where they are ALL of our students.  Teachers take a vested interest in their success not only while they are with them in class or grade, but continue to support them throughout their 5-8 years here.  

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A place where they are ALL of our students.  Teachers take a vested interest in their success not only while they are with them in class or grade, but continue to support them throughout their 5-8 years here.  

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Five years into the future WIS will be receiving positive community feedback.  Children and families look back with pride knowing that their years at WIS were filled with enjoyment and successes. Students have a relaxed and stress-free common area where they can build a community feeling before school and during lunch by being able to hang out, listen to music, or spend free time doing an activity of choice.  Teachers are now collaborating with kindness, respectfully listening to one another, and are open to change.

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Our students will be:
*collaborating with kindness
*developing organizational skills for success
*learning skills to adapt to our 21st century careers.

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A place where students are inspired, teachers are energized, and everyone feels safe.

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One vision of WIS is to provide a supportive bridge, connecting and developing foundation skills learned in elementary years with those needed to achieve productive, responsible, independent, well-rounded thinkers as they leave us and enter middle/high school. WIS is a place where the learning bridge is reinforced, solidified, and expanded in all directions.

*"As a metaphor, a bridge between people enables the passage of ideas, it connects people who are in different places, it enables help to be connected, it opens up the opportunity for people to be helped, it reduces isolation, it is a more efficient way of getting to another point, it increases the range of options available, and the list continues…" https://10citybridgerun.com/2010/09/02/bridge-as-metaphor-useful-as-a-way-of-seeing/

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Bridge as metaphor…useful as a way of seeing?

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The structure of a bridge is a metaphor I have drawn upon to help define what this work is communicating. Do you think that is appropriate given the complexity of the issue of poverty, and the many…

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Yes! Our world is changing so quickly, and in ways we will never be able to predict. We need to help students become people who can think critically about the world around them and make their own responsible decisions, since we don't know what issues they will face in the future.

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Ideally when students leave WIS we want them to be vision oriented and adaptive to changes. The characteristics we want to build within them are the ability to be a deep thinker, creative problem solver, and accept constructive criticism while self reflecting on where they can make changes and be better.

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beacon, inspiring learners, relevant, high-quality

We want to develop depth of knowledge, encourage excellence, teach critical thinking skills, and help develop student responsibility for self and others in an ever-changing world.

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Create a post and type a vision statement or any ideas, concepts, etc. you'd like to include in our vision statement. Your comments will be anonymous.

The Guiding Coalition team will take your ideas and develop a concise, written statement to be approved by staff on 11/15.

Please type your feedback by Wednesday, 11/10.

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What is the purpose of a Vision Statement? Why are we doing this work?

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What is the purpose of a Vision Statement? Why are we doing this work?

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Creating a vision statement together creates an opportunity for staff to describe the future they would like to see the school become.  It provides direction for our collective commitments and the foundation in which to create goals within our PLCs.