School Culture

 The culture of each of my placements have been very different, but I assume  lot of that has to do with the grade levels.

Indian Creek Elementary focused a lot on character strong traits and mainly teaching the students how to be good people as well as good students. There was a lot of school spirit, I think mostly to keep the students from becoming bored since they are so young.

Taft Middle School is more strict in their culture, but I think it is necessary for students this age. They relate their expectations to real world examples. They often use advisory time to share skills that will be needed in future jobs, like organizing their assignments and how to be respectful when communicating with teachers (and future bosses). They also focus on bullying, because the school has trouble with students bullying each other. This relates back to learning how to communicate respectfully.

In both schools, administration heavily focuses on respect with students, and I think that is great. In the world right now, many parents aren't teaching their children how to socialize respectfully. While it is frustrating sometimes that social education must come from school teachers, it is nice to see that educators in this area care enough to make an attempt.

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  1. Caitlin AtwoodNovember 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM

    Coming from someone who was also placed in a CRCSD school, I also noticed how strict they are in their culture. I did not notice it as much in the band setting, but I did notice in our PLCs and staff meetings that admin wanted us to relate lessons to real world examples. When I was at Washington, all grades had a homeroom at the beginning of the day to go over announcements, which I definitely think could've been done over the intercom like what my placement at Marion does.

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