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About
Eakin
Regular
school hours: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
The cafeteria opens for breakfast each morning at 7:30am.
Parents and students are asked to keep the halls clear and remain
in either the gym or cafeteria until 7:45am each morning.
Below are links to the current floor plans at Eakin.
Outdoor Floor Plans
Indoor Floor Plans
Principal's
Message
 Eakin Handbook
Our
Vision / Our Mission
School
Improvement Plan
Eakin
Character Pledge
Eakin
Philosophy
Beliefs/Grade
Level Goals and Expectations
Our
Vision
"At Eakin we will build on our strengths of diversity, community
involvement, and excellence in reading and the arts and we identify and improve upon
our weaknesses to create a challenging learning environment for our children."
The Vision statement purpose is to show the path forward for Eakin.
Here we wanted to acknowledge and celebrate our strengths; the qualities that
make Eakin special and give it its current reputation and atmosphere, and yet
recognize that we have areas in which we would like to see improvement.
We want to maintain our strengths, and work on some new areas, such as
science, foreign language, and challenging and meeting the needs of all of our
children, including our large gifted population, and improved
fundraising for the many programs we would like to see implemented in the next few
years. The word challenging was chosen because of this meaning: "the quality
of requiring full use of one's abilities, energy, or resources." American
Heritage Dictionary.
Our
Mission
"At Eakin we nurture each child's intellectual, creative, emotional, and
social development within a safe and challenging environment."
By using each, the statement is meant to show that Eakin students'
individual
learning styles, strengths, levels of achievement, and uniqueness are
appreciated and considered. Intellectual was placed first to emphasize
that
most people in our community believe that working on academics and love
of
learning should be Eakin's first priority. Intellectual was preferred
to
academic because it means the ability to learn and reason; capacity for
knowledge and understanding. Whereas the definition of academic had
several
pejorative meanings such as scholarly to the point of being unaware of
the
outside world, formalistic, and conventional
Eakin
Character Pledge
I
am responsible for my actions and behaviors today.
I
will do my work and learn.
I
will respect the feelings, property, and rights of others.
I
will be a good citizen by doing what is right; not because
I'm being watched by others but because it is the right thing
for me to do.
Each morning we start the day with the Character Pledge
to set our course for the day.
Philosophy
"At Eakin we promote and celebrate our diversity, community
involvement, academic excellence, and love of learning for all
students."
Beliefs/Grade
Level Goals and Expectations
Kindergarten
Grade
One
Grade
Two
Grade
Three
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To
implement learning centers, utilize literature-based instruction,
and experience hands-on science and math
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To
explore individual interests through cooperative learning
Grade
Four
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to
provide diversified activities each Friday
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to
encourage hands-on experiences through science lab and telecommunications
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To
re-design assessment for increased opportunities for student
success
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