About Kestrel Heights School
Kestrel Heights School, a public
charter school, currently educates children grades K-12. We
have been operating for 14 years, and each year we make
sure:
- Our budget is strong and balanced
- Our EOG and EOC test
scores improve
- To promote and graduate students who are prepared
to be good citizens
- Education is an enjoyable and rewarding experience
for faculty and students
You
can be informed about Kestrel by taking a few moments
to:
- Download and read the school’s
handbook – covers our policies and expectations
of students and their parents
- Understand how we educate our Exceptional Children
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What is a Paideia School?
Principles of a Paideia Education
That all children can learn
That, therefore, they all deserve the same quality of schooling, not just the same quantity
That the quality of schooling to which they are entitled is what the wisest parents would wish for their own children, the best education for the best being the best education for all
That schooling at its best is preparation for becoming generally educated in the course of a whole lifetime, and that schools should be judged on how well they provide such preparation
That the three callings for which schooling should prepare all Americans are
- To earn a decent livelihood,
- To be a good citizen of the nation and world, and
- To make a good life for one's self
That the primary cause of genuine learning is the activity of the learner's own mind, sometimes with the help of a teacher functioning as a secondary and cooperative cause
That the three types of teaching that should occur in our schools are didactic teaching of subject matter, coaching that produces the skills of learning, and Socratic questioning in seminar discussion
That the results of the three types of teaching (didactic, coaching, and seminar facilitation) should be
- The acquisition of organized knowledge,
- The formation of habits of skill in the use of language and mathematics, and
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You
can find more information on Paideia Education
at paideia.org
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- The growth of the mind's understanding of basic ideas and issues
That each student's achievement of these results would be evaluated in terms of that student's competencies and not solely related to the achievements of other students
That the principal of the school should never be a mere administrator, but always a leading teacher who should be cooperatively engaged with the school's teaching staff in planning, reforming and reorganizing the school as an educational community
That the principal and faculty of a school should themselves be actively engaged in learning; and
That the desire to continue their own learning should be the prime motivation of those who dedicate their lives to the profession of teaching.
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