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Education is an
action, a process by which the development of a child is
intentionally directed to achieving the utmost of their
potential in the best possible manner.
Kiowa Public Schools is dedicated to serving all children,
because all children can learn and be, in their own manner, a
crucial part of society. This school has been in the
education business since 1872 and many children, parents,
teachers, administrators, and Boards of Educations have come and
gone; but the entity itself still stands as the foundation of
learning and success today. At Kiowa Public School we
believe that the key to successfully educating children is
"motivation." A motivated child is one whose appetite has
been whetted and will learn forever.
Every educated person realizes this and also realizes the
infinity of how much more knowledge is still out there to be
learned. I once read a philosophy on public education
entitled "What I See" by David M. Rushton. My personal
dream is that this can be "our" school:
I see...
A child with individual needs, talents, and dreams to be
discovered, validated, and nurtured by caring parents, school
staff, and community.
I see...
A school staff that has the needs of each child in his/her care
placed before their own.
I see...
Teachers who will continue to discover how an individual child
learns and do all they can to instill in each the desire to
always seek knowledge and wisdom beyond formal education.
I see...
The goal of education as a never ending process of discovery and
change whereby every child can look to the past and see
progress, look to the present and see commitment, and look to
the future and see hope.
I see...
Parents involved in their child's learning whereby both learn
and grow from each other, and mother and father unite with
school staff to see this occur.
I see...
A school set on a hill as an example to all of what can be
accomplished when everyone knows their potential and
collaboratively commits to achieve it.
I see...
Negatives replaced with positives, stereotypes replaced with
truth, anger replaced with understanding, frustration replaced
with opportunities, despair replaced with hope, and hatred
replaced with love.
I see...
Endless possibilities where correctly "filling of the vessel" is
superceded only by positively "igniting the fire within us all." |
