Elementary School Learning 

Expected Schoolwide Learning Results (ESLRs)

Our ESLRs correlate with our goals for developing self-motivated, competent, lifelong learners. Our ESLRs are a pivotal part of our instructional program, a credo describing the cusp between individual and collective responsibility.  Teachers incorporate these elements into all subject areas, considering, for example:

• how artists communicate effectively,
• how the formulation of clear questions clarifies learning in science,
• how daily individual environmental choices shape local and global patterns,
• how to take responsibility for the quality of one’s interactions with peers, and
• how perseverance can lead to mastery of multiplication facts.

A Larchmont Charter School graduate is a lifelong learner who:

Communicates effectively:

• by writing clearly,
• by listening and hearing others
• by expressing oneself honestly,
• through many artistic frameworks.

Seeks to understand:

• by formulating questions,
• by pursuing answers,
• by reading critically and thoughtfully,
• as a reflective learner,
• the perspectives of a world community of culture.

Shares and cares:

• for other students,
• for oneself,
• for teachers,
• for school materials,
• for the school site,
• for one’s family and community,
• about the environment, living beings, and the earth’s limited resources.

Takes responsibility:

• for one’s actions,
• for one’s words,
• for one’s learning,
• for one another,
• for one’s healthy body and mind.

Perseveres:

• when problems cannot be solved readily,
• when faced with criticism and disappointment,
• to work through struggles and setbacks,
• by attempting trials: examining errors, trying harder, differently, and then trying again.