We hope you are enjoying the 2019 One School One Book selection! We also hope that you will join us in our journey to nurture self directed learners. At Marshdale, we are focused on creating learners that will be successful in the 21st century. We believe that students who can communicate, collaborate, be creative, and use critical thinking skills will be more successful as they move beyond Marshdale and, eventually, into a career path.
As a school, we are working with students in every classroom to set and achieve personal goals. Through the use of our new Makerspace, we also hope to reinforce goal setting as well as the 4C’s of 21st Century learning which are communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking. We believe that focus on setting and achieving self directed goals, while working in collaborative groups will help to support building independence and skills that will support learning well beyond elementary school.
As we read The Wild Robot, please help us at home by setting a family reading goal each week during our One School, One Book Event. We are tracking your participation through the google family surveys. We understand that each family has individual needs and priorities so goals may look different for each of you. We hope you’ll join us in this work. Thank you for your participation and thank you again for supporting Marshdale!