sizes and highly individualized attention that allow us to stretch
growing young minds. We're helping shape those minds to become
both nimble and curious. Our teachers know that the easy answers
are rarely the right ones, and that hard questions do a better job of
enhancing learning processes than easy ones. "What" is important.
"Why" is where the real answers are uncovered.
as students augment their classwork with independent and
small-group study and experimentation. Mentoring is about much
more than sparking a thirst for knowing. At Prairie, we know that
empathy, compassion, social responsibility, and above all, integrity
are the hallmarks of true success. Those traits come not from
simple learning--at Prairie they are deliberately woven into every
experience. That's the reason our students' lockers don't have locks:
our students' respect for our honor code makes them unnecessary.
to be true.