Mission+Statement

Technology and the Mission Statement
During her workshops on January 30, http://21stcenturylearning.wikispaces.com/MICDS Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach identified five questions relating technology, a shift in classroom practice, and our Mission Statement:

''More than ever our nation needs responsible men and women who can meet the challenges of this world with confidence and embrace all its people with compassion. The next generation must include those who think critically and resolve to stand for what is good and right.''
 * MICDS Mission**

''Our School cherishes academic rigor, encourages and praises meaningful individual achievement, and fosters virtue. Our independent education prepares young people for higher learning and for lives of purpose and service.''


 * Where is the Shift?**
 * Are you using your technology resources to promote global connections and collaborations?
 * How are you using technology to promote deep rigor and critical thinking skills?
 * Are you creating digital citizens who understand good and right in a fast changing world?
 * Do you balance the celebration of individual achievement with empowering students to live and succeed in a participatory culture-- one that shifts the focus of literacy from individual expression to community involvement?
 * Are you maximizing the opportunities of collective action to underscore what a life of purpose and service can entail in the 21st Century?

Over the course of our work together, we will come to understand these questions and form responses that reflect consistency between the Mission Statement and our Middle School academic program.