Vision of the LCS Student

Students at Ledyard Charter School will strive to:

Think Critically:

• Students solve problems.
• Students recognize and make logical connections.
• Students formulate useful questions.
• Students gather, organize analyze and interpret data.

Communicate Effectively:

• Students write and speak clearly for a variety of purposes and audiences.
• Students transmit information through visual media.
• Students acquire information and understanding by listening to individual speakers and participating in group discussion.
• Students acquire information and understanding by reading printed and electronic material.
• Students acquire information through visual media.

Come Prepared:

• When working alone, students demonstrate initiative, motivation, and the ability to address and complete a task.
• When working together towards the completion of a common goal, students share responsibility for their learning and that of others.
• When working together toward the completion of a common goal, students communicate clearly and constructively.
• When working together toward a common goal, students combine information gathered by all members of a group.
• When working together toward a common goal, students demonstrate support for others.

Gather and Analyze Information:

• Students access information from a variety of resources.
• Students review compiled information to determine relevance and validity.
• Students compare, contrast, and recognize connections among the various pieces of information collected.
• Students appropriately communicate compiled information in a variety of ways.

Fulfill Social and Civic Expectations:

• Students accept diversity and individual rights.
• Students demonstrate respect and consideration for themselves, others, personal and public property, and the environment.
• Students accept responsibility for their actions.
• Students advocate for themselves and for the rights of others.
• Students exhibit academic and social integrity.

School Wide Expectations

Our goal is for each student to identify his/her learning style; learn to effectively advocate for oneself; be respectful in communications and actions; acquire self-determination skills necessary to succeed; and to develop transition plans for life after high school.

• Learning Style:  Learning style is developing an understanding of yourself and how you learn.
• Self-Advocacy: As a student, self-advocacy is communicating your needs so you can have control of your life.
• Respect:  As a student, using social skills will allow you to respect yourself, your environment, and others.
• Self-Determination:  Self-determination skills will allow you to manage and overcome obstacles in your life and to ultimately achieve success.
• Transition:  Transition is learning to effectively manage change.