Responsive Classrooms at LaGrange Elementary School: A Social Development Guide For Parents

What is Responsive Classroom?

Responsive Classroom is a school-wide initiative. It stresses cooperation, responsibility, independence, caring and self-control. It blends social learning with high academic standards. LaGrange Elementary School has received training form the Northeast Foundation for Children to implement Responsive Classroom. The following information is taken from the Guidelines for The Responsive Classroom by the Northeast Foundation for Children. We are concentrating on Guided Discovery, Morning Meeting, Rules and Logical Consequences, and Academic Choice.

Whole School Meetings

Once a month, children in all classrooms will participate in a whole school community meeting. This models morning meeting and gives children the opportunity to have fun, to learn, to share and to practice respectful behaviors while building community. Each year, every grade level has an opportunity to facilitate the meeting.