Our School's Philosophy:

The philosophy of the Crofton Community School is to motivate the young people of the community to reach their full potential as persons, students and members of society.

Objectives:

1. To teach the ideals of American Democracy, good citizenship and patriotism. To help desirable relationships between students, students and faculty, administration and community through student government, classroom experiences and extra-curricular activities. Mutual respect for one another and acceptance of individual differences are necessary attitudes for instructive social living.

2. To recognize the individuality of each student and seek to offer as many and as varied experiences as possible to help the student develop a healthy attitude toward life in a changing society. To identify individual difference through testing, counseling, teacher/pupil contact.

3. To provide uniform curriculum and special helps to reach all ranges of ability, utilizing college preparatory, vocational, remedial, field trips, area meetings, actual experiences and professional readings to enable the teachers and staff to recognize and analyze these changes.

4. To best equip students to understand and react constructively to our constantly changing society, the school should provide aids such as conferences, field trips, area meetings, actual experiences and professional readings to enable the teachers and staff to recognize and analyze these changes.

5. To encourage students to think objectively, to communicate thoughts clearly.

6. To stress good moral, health and personal habits.

7. To develop communications between the school and the community through conferences, personal contact, public meetings and news media.

8. Financial support form the Crofton community provides the administration, teachers, staff, physical plants, and materials necessary for instruction. It is highly desirable that the community show respect for and support of the educational process, and send it's young people into the system with the proper attitude toward learning.