To maximize each child's full potential, our guidance curriculum is an integral part of the overall school curriculum.  Taught in the Endeavour and Grand Ridge classrooms by Jane Spencer, our School Counselor, this curriculum provides support for the normal developmental tasks of childhood for students K-5. 

Developmental theorist R.J.Havinghurst outlined the developmental tasks for children ages 6 to eleven. 

Developmental Tasks of Middle Childhood

• Learning physical skills necessary for ordinary games

• Building wholesome attitudes toward oneself and a sense of self-concept

• Learning to get along with age mates--moving from the family circle to groups outside the home

• Learning the skills of tolerance and patience

• Learning appropriate social roles

• Developing fundamental skills in reading, writing and calculating

• Developing concepts necessary for everyday living

• Developing conscience, morality and a scale of values

• Achieving personal independence

• Developing attitudes toward social groups and institutions, through experiences and imitation