Our philosophy is a “modified” approach to teaching. As educators we feel it is important to modify our curriculum to include ALL students. We plan our lessons based on the premise that every student must achieve success. We strive to develop and plan activities that are noncompetitive, challenging, and fun. Our goal at Byars- Dowdy is to involve students in a variety of activities, with varied equipment, and a continuum of skills to challenge students with varying levels of skill. We use a "try again" environment and compliment, compliment, compliment!