Katonah-Lewisboro School District Learning Commitment

In the KLSD, we will strive to create learning experiences for all students that are engaging, relevant, and take place in an active learning environment.

  •  What do intellectually engaging experiences look like? How do we ensure that we are encouraging student curiosity, providing an individually appropriate level of challenge, moving towards increasing levels of independence, and offering effective feedback?
  •  What are relevant learning experiences? How do we ensure that lessons have purpose beyond test results and make recognizable connections to the lives of our students?
  •  What is an active learning environment? How do we ensure that all students participate in collaborative, problem/project based activities that foster creativity, critical thinking, and increasingly sophisticated communication?

KLSD Technology Commitment

In support of our KLSD Learning Commitment, the latest technologies are to be used when they can create learning experiences that otherwise couldn’t be created – experiences that nurture imaginative, innovative, critical, and ethical thinking.

When used effectively, these technologies should affirm and advance relationships, enhance communication and collaboration, expand horizons, meet individual needs, and foster personal passions. While technology can increase efficiency and productivity, it should also nurture curiosity and creativity.

We pledge to make balanced and thoughtful use of technology while continuing to take full advantage of non-digital resources and all types of inspiring learning opportunities. We strive to prepare our students to be excellent communicators and learners in all environments, and to be thoughtful participants and creators in our world.

Welcome to Curriculum & Instruction

By traditional standards, Katonah-Lewisboro schools are excellent. Our students excel in academics, athletics, and the arts. Collectively, the teachers, administrators, staff, students, families, and community are responsible for the District’s long-established outstanding reputation. As the world changes rapidly, our schools evolve to develop in our young people the skills which will enable them to ask and answer complex questions, think analytically, and communicate effectively.
 
As a community, our goal is to prepare our graduates to live successfully, learn continuously, and contribute and lead in this global community in which we live. In addition to the acquisition of content knowledge, students attending the Katonah-Lewisboro Schools can expect educational experiences at all levels to include the following:
  • Critical thinking
  • Problem solving
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Analysis
  • Creativity
(Based upon the work of Tony Wagner, The Global Achievement Gap)

Learning Cafe

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    Learning Cafe October 2017

    Parent, teachers and administrators joined the discussion at our Learning Cafe on October 11th where we engaged in thoughtful, two-way communication around the topic of when news enters the classroom.

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  • Learning Cafe May 2017

    Parent, teachers and administrators joined the discussion at our Learning Cafe on May 9th where we engaged in thoughtful, two-way communication around the topic of what learning should look like in 2017.

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  • Learning Cafe December 2016

    Parents, teachers and administrators joined the discussion at our second Learning Cafe where we engaged in thoughtful, two-way communication around the topic of the KLSD Learning Commitment.

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  • Learning Cafe April 2016

    More than 80 people joined us for our first Learning Cafe where we engaged in thoughtful two-way communication around the topic of assessments.

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Mission of the Katonah-Lewisboro School District

The Mission of the Katonah-Lewisboro School District, a student-inspired, community-based center of educational excellence, is to ensure that each student has a passion for learning and defines and achieves individual success in a dynamic, competitive global society through a system distinguished by:

  • Highly motivated active learners who continuously assess their progress and feel joy in their accomplishments;
  • Faculty and staff dedicated to the success of all students;
  • Rigorous curricula and innovative approaches to instruction that honor the uniqueness in each student;
  • Collaboration among school, home, and community to create a stimulating learning environment.

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Annual Performance Review Plan (APPR)

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