Final Thought’s

I went into this trying to find out if the school has made changes since I had been there last. Where were the changes occurring, what has stayed the same, what progress has been made? These where the questions I was searching to find.  One big change that I noticed was in their core values.  They are working on building students self esteem. This is something I wish they were working towards while I was in school. It’s not that I felt that they were ever bringing my self esteem down, but I don’t think there was any focus on trying to bring it up. I think this is an important thing to focus on. I believe the better someone feels about them selves the harder they will work to satisfy their selves and care about the work they do. One other thing I notice is that they are teaching diversity.  I don’t ever remember talking about other cultures and their traditions. I am not surprised that this has changed. I think there is now more of a push to teach about other cultures then there was when I was in school. I am glad that this has been implemented into their core values. It is important for children to learn about other cultures so they can become open mined to other people’s traditions and find them taboo.  A few things have stayed the same. I remember my teachers always being very involved with my family.  My parents always knew exactly what was going on in the class. They are also still big on testing. While I was looking through the website I found a plan on how to improve test scores. I don’t believe this is something that will change anytime soon, because of the pressure they are under from the state. I just hope they try to improve the score with out putting so much pressure on students. Over all I believe that Lincoln is a great elementary school and feel very privileged that I went there. The school seems to moving forward and making some positive changes.