Salt Lake Center For Science Education

The school purpose is to provide a diverse group of students with an alternative totraditional schools that promotes active engagement of learners, empowerment of teachers and staff, and connects with the greater community to create uniqueopportunities for learning. It is expected that all students attending SLCSE will be fully prepared for post-secondary education, that all teachers and staff will feel truly valued,and that the community of teachers, staff, families and students feel ownership in theschool.We value diversity and feel there are benefits to a heterogeneous mix of students thatrepresent different cultures, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, and academic histories.The opportunity to broaden learning to include both academic and social learning is at its best in this environment. Students have the chance to understand different points of view based on the varied backgrounds of our student body. As we promote exploration of open-ended problems the variation of students' backgrounds comes into play in a very positive way since how we view the world often depends largely on the set of experiences to which we have been exposed during our development. All students havevalue and can contribute uniquely to the exploration. We make every effort to create anatmosphere that is truly integrated