West Cobb Preparatory Academy

We Believe
*in providing a safe, supportive, and challenging environment for learning with clear goals and high expectations for student achievement.
*in providing the foundation and framework for giving students the skills and flexibility that are necessary to thrive in a changing world.
*that motivation for learning comes from within each person and is stimulated and cultivated by teachers and parents.
*in fostering in students the confidence to work independently and the social skills to work collaboratively.
*in encouraging parents, teachers and students to work together toward common goals.
*children learn through active participation in the processes going on around them.
*Children learn to respect others when they themselves are respected.
*in meeting each child at his/her developmental level and challenge that child to discover the full range of his/her abilities.
*that a child’s strong, positive self-concept is vital to the child’s development.
*that children should be encouraged to develop positive character traits and a strong sense of ethics and social values.
*children should have experiences that will help them to understand people of diverse ethnic, religious, cultural and economic backgrounds.
*Faculty should be positive role models for students.
*open, clear and direct communication is critical for maintaining a supportive and productive educational community.
*in cherishing each child as an individual.
*in making every child’s experience at West Cobb as positive and happy as possible.