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Our Vision: To change the trajectory of underserved children's lives

Our Mission: Namaste Charter School promotes lifelong student success and a love of learning by implementing and sharing a groundbreaking educational model that combines health and wellness with academic rigor in a peaceful environment.

Our Six Pillars

Namaste Charter School's commitment to holistic, student-centered education is reflected through the school's core values, or Six Pillars, which are implemented in each classroom and school-wide.

Teaching and Learning Pillars

Balanced Learning

    The balanced learning pillar aims to create a learning environment that encourages critical thinking and problem solving across the curriculum for students, teachers, staff, and parents.

Language and Culture

    The language and culture pillar aims to create a learning environment that increases knowledge, respect, and appreciation for the languages and cultures of the world for students, teachers, staff, and parents.

Collaborative Practice

    The collaborative practice pillar aims to create a learning environment that maximizes partnership amongst students, teachers, staff, and parents.

Healthy Lifestyle Pillars

Movement

    The movement pillar aims to create a learning environment that incorporates movement into academic instruction to stimulate an alert and active body and mind for students, teachers, staff, and parents.

Nutrition, Health and Wellness

The nutrition, health, and wellness pillar aims to create a learning environment that cultivates exercise, eating right, and taking care of mind as components of maintaining a healthy lifestyle for students, teachers, staff, and parents.

Peaceful School Culture

    The peaceful school culture pillar aims to create a learning environment that promotes safety, respect, open dialogue, and nonviolent conflict resolution for students, teachers, staff, and parents.

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