August 2011
Welcome to Walnut Hills Community Elementary School, a focus school committed to academic excellence through arts integration! It is the mission of Walnut Hills to provide its students with the optimum-learning environment wherein all children can feel confident as learners and contributors. Walnut Hills is committed to educating the head, heart, and hand of each child.
Educating the head: we expect academic excellence for all children. We achieve this by teaching a rigorous core curriculum. Each grade level has clearly defined expectations for students that meet or exceed the state standards. Teachers acknowledge that students learn in a variety of ways. We are committed to teaching our core curriculum by integrating the eight multiple intelligences into our instruction.
Educating the heart: our intention is to create a safe respectful and inclusive environment where teachers can teach and children can learn. We expect all children to be a part of the caring community so that they may feel more comfortable taking risks in social and academic settings. We work on social problem solving skills, bully proofing, asset development, and practice the six pillars of character education (being respectful, being responsible, being trustworthy, being caring, being fair and being a good citizen).
Educating the hand: the third piece of our mission involves educating the hand of each child. This piece speaks about tapping into and helping students identify their talents. We do this in art, music, theater, media, PE, and technology classes, in the classroom and through Plus Time.
Thank you for being a part of our school community.
Cyndi Burdick
Principal