1.    Children LEARN BY DOING. This applies to: decision making, taking responsibility, academics, problem solving both interpersonal and intellectual areas.
 

2.    Children learn best when working at a pace that challenges their abilities, stimulates their motivation, accounts for their interests and is in accordance with their individual learning style.
 

3.    The community supports the teachers in their professional judgment as to the best strategies to meet, most appropriately, the needs of each individual child as well as the whole class.
 

4.    Children learn academics best in a supportive, cooperative environment.
 

5.    Children learn best in an atmosphere where their process, and not merely the end result, is acknowledged, and mistakes are recognized as a natural part of the learning process.
 

6.    Opportunities for interaction between students of all ages leads to integration of learning, increased ability in social skills, problem-solving skills and decision-making skills.
 

7.    Children learn best in an atmosphere that acknowledges and integrates their social, emotional, cognitive and physical development.
 

8.    Children learn best when they feel good about themselves and feel empowered socially, emotionally, and academically.
 

9.    Children learn best when parents work with teachers in a partnership and are actively and visibly involved in their child's learning.
 

10. Children learn best when their horizons are broadened by exposure to the interests and styles of many people, including other children, teachers, parents and the community at-large.