Take a moment and reflect... what is it that you hope for your child? What kind of adult do you hope for your child to grow into?
In Building Healthy Minds, Dr. Stanley Greenspan writes: “High up on many parents’ wish list is the hope that their children will be able learners who can master academic challenges and who are curious about the world. We also want our children to develop a capacity for warmth and intimacy and to enjoy many rich and rewarding relationships. In addition, we want our youngsters to have an awareness of what constitutes appropriate behavior, to have a sense of right and wrong, to be able to make wise judgments in unfamiliar situations. We certainly want them to feel good about themselves and to show persistence, flexibility, and creativity...”
To accomplish this, home and school work in concert - with consistent goals and messages - helping children maximize into their best possible self. Together, home and school foster the development of children into literate, thoughtful, creative, responsible, physically active, respectful and self-confident human beings.
Home and school should be on one continuum in the child’s context. Such a relationship helps the child feel emotionally safe. That is why we encourage our families to be part of the school experience.
- At Zimmer, the relationships we seek with our families are strong and authentic. Dialogue between teachers, parents and children is open and unencumbered, working towards the same goals.
- We communicate our educational approach and techniques so that we are truly able to scaffold the child in a clear, consistent way.
- We encourage our parents to share with our children that which makes them unique – their interests, skills and talents.
- Whether parents choose to volunteer - or simply to socialize - the Zimmer community is a group of diverse and interesting people.
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Our calendar of events is designed to include our families in their child’s education and in the wider school community.
