Our Community School

Our Community School guides our students to be empowered, ethical, and informed members of our community and, therefore every community. OCS staff members, students, and families collaborate in the ongoing process of education. Our diverse and caring community integrates academics with creativity, thereby fostering independent thinkers, problem solvers, and leaders. We nurture multiple aspects of a childs development: physical, emotional, intellectual, artistic and social. OCS is a model for student-centered TK-8 education and a leading example for educators. We envision sharing our expertise throughout the educational community. Our school program is based on three main themes: 1. Constructivism: Students learn through connecting new ideas to prior learning. Each experience is an opportunity to construct new meaning through discussion, collaboration, and reflection to integrate new concepts. 2. Responsive Classrooms and Developmental Design: Through a variety of activities, stud...