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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have an art special and our art teacher recently moved but we always seem to find the most amazing one. Also for all the grades I always see students projects, in and out of classrooms. I do think science projects become more robust in the 1st/2nd grade though. 
Yes, we have a Spanish special.

Montessori is officially PK-K, that’s accredited by AMI. We have Montessori based from 1st-5th. I believe the breakdown is 1-3rd and then 3rd-5th. Although Montessori based those 2 teachers are amazing (as are they regular track).

Did you go on our tour? It’s always interesting when I realize my school is not super popular because we have had to do so many trainings for other schools and the superintendent is always coming to learn from us.

Anyway our grows I think are in the SEL realm, I think PBIS is a little out dated and though I think the reward of our BOOM (behaving and operating in an outstanding manner) room is great, not all students are motivated by that.

I’d like us to focus more on emotional regulation and less PBIS and restorative justice. 
But this is elementary school and we have only a small handful of students who need tier 3 support. The majority like getting their points and going to the BOOM room each week.
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Great info!! Thanks!  Seems like a wonderful place! Overall, is there much bullying between the students?  I have accepted the spot and am really hoping to keep my child there for the whole stretch of ES and am also curious about the upper grades.[/quote]

No, the majority of our students are really kind and caring. I have seen how they have treated some of the students in our communication, education, and support classroom for example who were non-speaking (they are no longer non-speaking). They had questions for the teacher and after they replied the students made attempts to talk to those students. We like to foster curiosity in our students, questions are ok but they should be respectful.

When I have seen instances of a student not having scholarly conduct, it’s taken care of immediately. We are very much aware of how kids can be and have taught our students (especially in upper grades) what bullying means and how it’s not tolerated. We also try to get kids to think of it in a lens of ‘how would they like to be treated.’

I will say we’ve had maybe 2-3 students who are outliers but rather than just a student issue, I view it as a parental one as well. Most parents are very lovely but of course there’s a handful who certainly are not pleasant…

Glad I could help, I really like our school and want more families to consider coming here. I think sometimes people look at the demographics and get ‘scared’ but really it’s a great school. We are one of the few schools actually starting to close the achievement gap and I think admin really care about our students. It’s definitely more than a job to them and many teachers too.  [/quote]

I have a friend that is interested in applying to work at Langdon. Can you speak about the workplace environment?  He has about fifteen years of experience. [/quote]

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