* The faculty and staff of JC Sawyer work together to encourage students to exhibit positive character qualities such as, but not limited to Responsibility, Respect, Safety, Being Prepared. Also, our school has adopted to integrate the 16 Habits of Mind for successful people into our curriculum and throughout the school day. These habits are Persisting, Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision, Managing impulsivity, Gathering data through all senses, Listening with understanding and empathy, Creating, imagining, innovating, Thinking flexibly, Responding with wonderment and awe, Thinking about thinking (metacognition), Taking responsible risks, Striving for accuracy. (click here to learn more!)
* The standards for mathematical practices are habits in which students should possess in math class as well as other classrooms every day. These practices students should exhibit are to: Construct Viable Arguments and Critique the reasoning of others, Attend to Precision, Reasoning Quantitatively and Abstractly, Make sense of Problems and Persevere in Solving Them, Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning, Using repeated reasoning, Modeling with mathematics, Look for and make use of structure, and Use appropriate tools strategically. (click here to learn more about your child's specific grade level!)
* The standards for mathematical practices are habits in which students should possess in math class as well as other classrooms every day. These practices students should exhibit are to: Construct Viable Arguments and Critique the reasoning of others, Attend to Precision, Reasoning Quantitatively and Abstractly, Make sense of Problems and Persevere in Solving Them, Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning, Using repeated reasoning, Modeling with mathematics, Look for and make use of structure, and Use appropriate tools strategically. (click here to learn more about your child's specific grade level!)