Indivisible learning: Every single thing we do in school should be in the service of this project. This includes what happens at arrival, tefilot, in the halls, and of course, in core classes. All staff and faculty should constantly ask themselves: “How is what I am doing creating humans?”

Rise to the challenge: Kids should feel like the things they are learning are really pushing them. Kids should feel like there is so much more to know than they do know. School should feel hard (in a good way!)

Meaning motivates: Kids should learn something new, surprising and useful everyday! Kids should have memorable, exciting, creative learning experiences that make school a place where we seed opportunities for exploration versus completing a task (for the sake of task completion); an essential ingredient to this kind of a learning environment is that teachers are excited about making school feel this way and work hard every day in service of this.

Everyone matters: All people want some level of control over what happens to them.  Kids should play an important role in setting goals for themselves, making choices to shape their own educational experience. Every kid sees their fingerprints on the shaping of the school. Teachers know their students well and school leaders support them in meeting the needs of every student in their class. Every kid has their own unique team with a lot of people on it, including themselves. Parents need to be informed about their child’s experience in school and have meaningful input into that experience.