Jane Wheeler, Principal
1400 Magnolia Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Phone: 707 792-4531 - Fax: 792-4513
Description
Monte Vista staff, students, and families are a community of lifelong learners who work together to provide a positive, safe, motivating environment in which each student will achieve high academic expectations, develop positive self-esteem, and acquire a love of learning. Monte Vista is committed to providing a high quality instructional program organized around themes. Students receive direct instruction in basic skills and have opportunities to apply what they are learning through projects. A variety of assessments provide teachers, parents and students with information on how and what students are learning. Working together, teachers, parents and students create a cooperative learning community.
Programs Include
- Satellite and Internet access for interactive learning
- School-wide Garden
- Weekly recognition of student achievement
Project-Based Learning
Students at Monte Vista regularly participate in Project Based Learning (PBL). PBL enables students to demonstrate high levels of thinking and apply skills and concepts from across the curriculum. Project-Based Learning always presents a problem or challenge, an action plan designed by the student, and an evaluation component. Students use criteria to monitor their project's development and make changes much as they would in a real-world situations. The goal of PBL is for students to become planners, problem solvers, and use their knowledge in their daily lives.
