Raise the Bar, Raise a Star!

The Atkinson School is a vibrant learning environment. Students are cared for and challenged each and everyday. Teachers provide the children with opportunities for academic and social growth that build on community values and beliefs.

Over the years, parents and teachers have demonstrated their commitment to doing whatever it takes to support the student body and the school. Teachers welcome parents and guardians into their classrooms to assist with lessons and to provide new perspectives on the content. The entire community benefits from these wonderful scholastic interactions.

The faculty seeks and shares any new learning adventure that further develops teaching methods and content knowledge, while modeling for the children what it truly means to be a "life-long learner".

The school community continues to grow day by day, year by year.  Peer relationships are fostered within each classroom and across grade levels. The staff and students work to resolve conflicts in creative and positive ways, so the children understand that mistakes will be made and that learning will be the outcome.

The Atkinson School is "The Home of the All-Stars." This year, that slogan has evolved into something more related to the goals of our school children... capturing the energy and hope of our young learners. As of 2008, the Atkinson’s new motto is "All-Star Students Learning at Light Speeds".

Our students, who are encouraged to be high achievers and productive citizens, adopted this new catch-phrase last year. It seems to envelope their aspirations and their confidence in reaching their objective in attending our elementary school. As they are reminded each day, their "job" is to learn as much as they can in the half-dozen or so hours that they spend under the Atkinson roof and on its playground. "All-Stars learning at light speeds" illustrates a belief that they can and will do just that. We hope all students can learn the skills and knowledge for each grade level as quickly as they can. We understand that the rate at which students learn is different. For that reason, the slogan states "light speeds." The slogan also implies that the school and its staff will play a large role in the student learning process.

Our star, the Sun, is at the center of our solar system. Your children, our stars, are at the center of the Atkinson learning system. The adult educators' actions revolve around these stars. Like the sun, the students' high energy warms us and brightens the environment and, in turn, we are able to lead them on the pathway or orbit toward greater understanding and skill.

We truly expect our students to be rays of light in our community and beyond for years to come. Some say, "The sky’s the limit". Atkinson all-star students, teachers and parents believe the sky is limitless!