Discipline

The Garden School teachers regard the parent as the primary educator of the child.  Therefore, the responsibility of good formation lies with the parent.  The Garden School staff cooperates fully with every parent in every way.  We hope the trust established between parents, children, and teachers will help children grow.

Every child loves to learn and to achieve. Our theory on discipline begins with just that – learning to achieve. A child who is busy achieving doesn’t have time to misbehave. As a sign of achievement, we begin every child’s time at the Garden School with a simple silver medal on a black chord.  This medal is an every day sign that your child is a model student who actively engages in our program.

Children earn awards for their medals – small charms and beads which represent behavior, academics, projects, foreign language, reading, writing, arithmetic, friendship, manners, art, music, science, health, nutrition, building, puzzles, and other activities. We have a little awards gathering every other Friday. As the children advance in competence and understanding, they begin to understand that discipline is really a desire to do well – and it works.

At the end of your child’s time at the Garden School, he or she will take his medal and all the things he has earned and won home to keep as a memory of his achievement at the Garden School.