Saturday, July 1, 2017

Step Ahead Academy Mission and Vision


Motto:          Commitment to excellence
Mission:       To empower and inspire students from young age to unfold their potentials as unique persons, and through them create a progressive and peaceful world community.
Vision:           To create a school highly regarded for its excellence and for its contribution in the developing students that are hardworking, respectful, honest and productive individuals
 Values:       These cannot be achieved without the following core values
                        Accomplishment
                        Humility
                        Service
                        We are committed to supporting and nurturing all of the students within our care in order that the accomplish all that is possible in their lives. At the same time we expect students to show humility, being aware that they are not living in isolation. They are respectful to opinions and beliefs of others.
Aims:             Establish and foster a favorable environment (hard work, honesty, trust, respect for others, ethical values, etc)
                        Instill a life- long learning attitude
                        Enhance cultural diversity
                        Develop fundamental skills (communication, mathematical and technological skill)
                        Apply and articulate logical, critical and creative thinking
Curriculum: Depending upon the level, our curriculum will focus on:
·        Literacy standards in all its forms (read, write, and understand with fluency for their age and grade)
·        To be able to transfer their literacy skills to mathematical, science and social studies.
·        Hand-on and interactive activities that promotes critical thinking, problem solving, cooperative learning and respect for multi-cultural/ inter cultural diversity.
·        A general individual assessment to help find the students strength and weaknesses.
·        Being upfront with the parents on the reading/writing standards required in order to move to the next grade.
Community outreach:

·        It should follow an African proverb which says, “It takes a village to raise a child”. We will need inter-relations that are positive with supply stores, bookstores, copiers, and community services are vital to the life of the school. Networking is crucial for the outreach and proactivity of the school.