Project Goals & Planning Priorities

District Vision Statement
One of the goals of the Charrettes was to develop a Vision statement for the project. Brainstorming was conducted during the meetings where a list of goals and project priorities were communicated by the district, which developed a draft vision statement in Charrette #2. The final Vision, as stated below, was finalized in Charrette #3, after feedback received from separate parent and teacher meetings.

Project Vision Statement
“Our school must be a memorable place that welcomes, reflects and supports a community of diverse learners. It will be a collaborative and inclusive place that instills a sense of belonging around a friendly focus on students and their families. The school reflects and instills all with a strong visible presentation of our values of inclusion, sustainability.”
-Board Statement

Project Priorities & Goals
The following priorities and goals were identified through the series of Charrettes that later also developed into Campus and Planning Goals:

+ A Place that Welcomes a Community of Diverse Learners
+ A Place that Promotes Collaboration and a Sense of Community Building
+ A Place that leaves an imprint, motivates, and reinforces values in a visible way
+ A Place as stepping stone
+ An Environment that is inclusive – accepts all children
+ A Place where first imprint has sense of belonging - part of family and community
+ A Place which Celebrates Diversity
+ A Place that focuses on the Learner - Students
+ A Place that is Transparent
+ An Environment that connects to the students – “kid friendly”
+ A Place with a Visible entry – Creates a sense of arrival to an elementary school
+ A Place which promotes a user friendly space – flexible, public yet private
+ A Place within the school where students may gather for social learning
+ A Place that has identity for students to identify with place
+ A Place that is flexible – gives students a sense of place, but can be flexible as a learning

During the Charrettes, the Educational Planning Committee developed program goals to understand the various programming needs and/or values that would best support the learning environments. These goals are listed below:

+ Develop Flexible “Student Common(s)” Areas
+ Develop a Community Literacy Center
+ Technology Driven Programming and Planning
+ Need for Small Group spaces
+ Support collaboration, multi-grade learning
+ Support “Coaching multi-class situations”
+ Comfortable Spaces for informal student interaction
+ Develop Flexible Shared Use Spaces
+ Redefine the Media Centre/Library
+ “Hallways” are and should be “Galleries”
+ Older students need more room for freedom
+ Students-grades 4-7 “need to have their spaces”
+ Develop “Flexible/Collaborative” Project Space (“garage” model)
+ Develop Educational Courtyards
+ Sustainable Design (Healthy Places for Learning)