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All children have a natural curiosity about the world around them and how it works. Inquiry education is very empowering for middle school children because they can take ownership of their learning by constructing knowledge for themselves, with the guidance of their teachers, through exploration within a meaningful context. Middle school students are social individuals, and benefit from learning through working in cooperative groups engaged in the inquiry process by practicing social skills and putting the idea of ‘team work’ to use in order to meet a common goal. Inquiry based instruction addresses the needs of students of all learning styles, interests, and backgrounds, enabling students to expand their knowledge and skills in the content areas within a meaningful context. In addition, the Math & Science faculty use entry -level data, baseline assessments and portfolio development in order to identify student needs and implement differentiated instruction to support student learning.

Exploring and learning occurs both in and out of the classroom. We support experiential-based learning experiences, collaborating with informal math and science institutions to provide children with opportunities to investigate and expand their understanding of the world around them. It is our goal is to lay the foundation for creative approaches to real-life inquiries in math and science by providing children with the mathematical and scientific process skills necessary for problem solving. Through engaging in activities that simulate the roles of mathematician and scientist, students work collaboratively to develop/identify questions, hypothesize, design action plans for further exploration/problem solving, collect qualitative and quantitative data and draw conclusions. We aim to develop and nurture students’ critical thinking and problem solving skills.

Who does what at MS 447?

¿Quién hace qué en la MS 447?

El líder de la manada de su hijo – ellos saben mucho. ¿No sabe quién es? Pregúntele a su estudiante. Si no lo saben, pregúnteme a mí.

Miriam Diaz – asistencia y transporte (metrocards, autobuses) – mdiaz@ms447.org
Amy Sirot – preguntas generales – asirot@ms447.org

Lisa Bell – consejera de 6º grado – lbell@ms447.org

Stacey Billups – consejera de 7º grado – sbillups@ms447.org
Star Corvinelli – consejera de 8º grado – scorvinelli@ms447.org
Dallas Alexis – Coordinador de Justicia Restaurativa – dalexis@ms447.org
Jessica Saunders – Coordinadora de Educación Especial – jsaunders@ms447.org
Arin Rusch – Director arusch@ms447.org
Christine Vissa – Asistente del Director cvissa@ms447.org
Hera Yoon – Directora/Subdirectora en funciones – hyoon@ms447.org

谁在MS 447做什么?
你孩子的小组长–他们知道很多。不知道那是谁?问你的学生。如果他们不知道,可以问我。

Miriam Diaz – 考勤和交通(地铁卡,巴士) – mdiaz@ms447.org
Amy Sirot – 一般问题 – asirot@ms447.org
Stacey Billups – 六年级辅导员 – sbillups@ms447.org
Star Corvinelli – 七年级辅导员 – scorvinelli@ms447.org
Lisa Bell – 八年级辅导员 – lbell@ms447.org
Dallas Alexis – 恢复性司法协调员 – dalexis@ms447.org
Jessica Saunders – 特殊教育协调员 – jsaunders@ms447.org
Arin Rusch – 主任 – arusch@ms447.org
Christine Vissa – 助理校长 – cvissa@ms447.org
Hera Yoon – 代理校长/助理校长 – hyoon@ms447.org