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OUR MISSION
Hera Community School
strives to provide a relevant, holistic educational experience for each
individual student through academic pursuits and hands-on projects. |
OUR PHILOSOPHY
Know-Understand-Do
Acquisition of knowledge, extended thinking, authentic, meaningful use, and mastery.
Project- based units connects students discussion, reading, research, and skills acquisition..
Differentiated Unit plans accommodate varied interests, learning styles and abilities of all students.
Assessment of skills mastery in the form of short answer tests and quizzes, student work logs, journals and other informal writing, formal state writing assessments, stations, activities and completed projects.
ACADEMICS-We teach state benchmark curriculum combined with art lessons, English, social studies, history, integrated science, service projects and life skills.
SERVICE - We organize and participate in service-learning trips locally and abroad.
COMMUNITY- We collaborate with community members and professionals on various projects for students.
ART- We display students artwork, projects and installations at local galleries, shows, fairs, public spaces and retail stores. Mosaics, ceramics, drawing, painting, comics, film, editing, animation and written publications.
LIFE SKILLS- We teach school- to-work transition and life skills, focusing on marketable work skills, cooking, nutrition, personal budgets, productive leisure time activities, and social skills.
GROUP PROJECTS- Teamwork and group collaboration are an important component to our program.
INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION- Hera modifies lesson plans to accommodate individual student needs. | 
