The mission of Dixie Elementary is to ensure a safe, nurturing, and flexible learning environment in which all students reach their full academic potential through the collaboration and commitment of our teachers, students, administrators, parents, and community.

Three Dimensions of Student Achievement

EL Education empowers students to achieve multiple dimensions of success: mastery of knowledge and skills, character building, and high quality work.

Our expanded definition of student achievement honors students’ full humanity and draws on decades of research demonstrating that social, emotional, and academic development are inseparable and mutually reinforcing. When students excel across all three dimensions, they’re empowered to chart their futures and change the world for the better.

Mastery of Knowledge & Skills

EL Education students are empowered to demonstrate proficiency and deeper understanding

• Apply their learning

• Think critically

• Communicate clearly

Learn more about deeper instruction to drive student mastery.

Character

EL Education students are empowered to

• Become effective learners

• Become ethical people

• Contribute to a better world

Explore the EL Education Character Framework to nurture student character development.

High-Quality Work

EL Education students are empowered to

• Create complex work

• Demonstrate craftsmanship

• Create authentic work

Explore more attributes of high quality student work and the teaching moves that enable excellence.

IM Math is a problem-based core curriculum designed to address content and practice standards to foster learning for all. Students learn by doing math, solving problems in mathematical and real-world contexts, and constructing arguments using precise language. Teachers can shift their instruction and facilitate student learning with high-leverage routines to guide learners to understand and make connections between concepts and procedures.

Collaborative learning opportunities, instructional routines that invite students to bring their whole selves to math class, and problem-solving contexts that positively reflect ethnically diverse cultures support implementation of culturally relevant and responsive pedagogy.