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Rockwood School offers excellence in education with secure, intimate child centered learning. Instruction is designed so as to be meaningful and connected. Programming is challenging, interactive, and social, and promotes self-reliance and independence. At Rockwood you will find a strong committed staff who truly form an educational partnership with students and their families Rockwood School has classes from Nursery to Grade 6 in an intimate small school setting. It has a stable population of approximately 230 students. It offers a full range of elementary programming, and also has an elementary alternative program. There is an up to date computer lab with twenty-two work stations as well as networked computers in each classroom. Rockwood has a fully automated library linked to the computer lab. There is a YM-YWCA operated child care centre within the school that provides before and after school care as well as half day care for nursery and kindergarten students. There is also a YM-YWCA run lunch program. The school has an active parent council that is very supportive to the school. MISSION STATEMENT Rockwood School is committed to providing a dynamic learning environment that encourages and supports student growth and achievement in skills and attitudes necessary for an appreciation of life-long learning in an ever-changing world. GUIDING PRINCIPLES Academic:
Behaviour: To provide a safe and supportive environment with a foundation based firmly on programming that promotes student development and achievement in the areas of: social responsibility problem-solving skills ability to transfer learning and practiced skills to new social situations tolerance and acceptance and appreciation of individual differences and
positive self-esteem/respect for others Community: To provide and develop an on-going communication between home and school.
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