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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=120 BGCOLOR="#FFCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="06b3f781egdyul.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Arial" ><B>Clearview Christian Girls School </B></FONT> <B> </B><B>|    </B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF33CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clearview Christian Girls School "><U><B>HOME</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> More Information   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Admission Requirements "><U>Admission Requirements </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#CCFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id29_m.htm#the_clearview_staff" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="More Information"><U>The Clearview Staff</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id29_m.htm#_philosophy_and_goals" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="More Information"><U>Philosophy and Goals</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id29_m.htm#academic_curriculum" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="More Information"><U>Academic Curriculum</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id29_m.htm#why_a_girls_school_" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="More Information"><U>Why a Girls' School?</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="General Information"><U>General Information</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="For Students"><U>For Students</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events and Projects"><U>Events and Projects</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=360 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> More Information</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I> <A NAME="the_clearview_staff"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I><I>The Clearview Staff</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Administrator/Teacher/Founder:</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="07da57d0.jpg" border=0 width="165" height="125" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Vicki Draeger, PH.D.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Arial" > is a certified Montessori Directress with a B.A. in Education, and a Master of Arts in Teaching degree. She recently received her PH.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. Mrs. Draeger, former Head of School at the Montessori School of Maui, has twenty-five years of experience in teaching and administrating, fifteen of these years at the middle school level.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Teacher/Computer Specialist:</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="07ea27b0.jpg" border=0 width="162" height="123" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Tori Bence<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Arial" > attended St. Petersburg Junior College and Eckerd College. She is presently working towards her A+ certification in computers. She has developed database programs and enjoys working with 3D computer animation programs.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>Click </B></I><A HREF="id36_specialists.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meet Your Teachers"><U><I><B>here</B></I></U></A><I><B> for specialist staff information and guest lecturers information</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I> <A NAME="_philosophy_and_goals"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I><I> Philosophy and Goals</I></div> <div> <B>Mission Statement:</B></div> <div> The mission of Clearview Christian Girls School is to provide a safe place for early adolescent girls to develop academic excellence, physical fitness, artistic appreciation, moral awareness, and spiritual strength.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Goals:</B></div> <div> 1. To know each child, her unique strengths as well as areas that require strengthening.</div> <div> 2. To individualize instructions in a way designed to maximize strengths.</div> <div> 3. To nurture independence through challenge and support.</div> <div> 4. To encourage creativity and critical thinking.</div> <div> 5. To instill a sense of personal confidence.</div> <div> 6. To develop an awareness of community through service.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I> </I><I> <A NAME="academic_curriculum"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I><I>Academic Curriculum</I></div> <bR> <div> Following Montessori precepts, the curriculum is generally interdisciplinary, and literature driven. We use an experiential, hands-on approach to interactive learning.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Language Arts:</B></I><B> </B>Literature, Poetry, Spelling, Grammar, Composition, Creative Writing, Speech and Debate.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Mathematics:</B></I> General Math, Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Geometry</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Science:</B></I> Physical Science, Earth Science, Biological Science, and Ecology. (and of course, <A HREF="id36__kids_quarks_and_quanta_an.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meet Your Teachers"><U>Quantum Mechanics</U></A>!)</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Social Studies:</B></I> History, Geography, Religion, Philosophy, Map Skills, and Current Events.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Physical Education: </B></I>Sports, Exercise, Health and Nutrition.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Art and Music:</B></I> Art and Music appreciation, Art History, Music and Drama presentation and Studio Art.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Foreign Language:</B></I> Latin, American Sign Language</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Computer:</B></I> Word processing, Internet, Research skills, Basic spreadsheet and database, and Graphic Arts.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B> </B></I><I><B> <A NAME="why_a_girls_school_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><I><B>Why A Girls School?</B></I></div> <bR> <div> Research has shown that many girls learn best in a school environment in which they feel safe, secure, and supported. Some girls may find that atmosphere in the public schools or private coeducational settings, but the recent report from the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, entitled <U>How Schools Shortchange Girls</U>, has confirmed what was already suspected from previous studies: <B>Many girls become stronger academically, emotionally, developmentally, and spiritually in a small class that is not coeducational.</B></div> <bR> <div> Middle school is a formative time in the lives of many girls, often laying the groundwork for future success. It is an age when a girl can become a confident learner if she is not overwhelmed by pressures to conform and compete. The truth is that many large middle schools are overwhelming to an 11-13 year old girl.</div> <bR> <div> Our vision for general education is that <U>neither</U> boys nor girls be shortchanged. Clearview Christian Girls School is a strategy for not shortchanging girls.</div> <bR> <div> The question is not, "Why a girls school?" The question is, "How can we optimize education for girls in early adolescence?"</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>The answer is, "A girls school."</B></I></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>