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Welcome to Clifford School. We are a kindergarten through eighth grade school with a dedicated staff and active supportive parent community. I have been the Principal of Clifford for eleven years and, during that time, I have been continually humbled by the commitment to learning that is represented by parents, staff, and students. A frequent comment reported to me is the incredible feeling of community that surrounds Clifford School. To illustrate this feeling, consider this: fourteen current staff members have or have had a child at Clifford School. Numerous former staff members also have placed their children at Clifford. Presently, twelve current students are the children of staff members.

At the same time, we have a strong and rigorous, standards based curriculum. As evidenced by the STAR results we have shown continual improvement in student learning and student achievement. Because we believe in teaching the whole child we also incorporate programs such as Art-In-Action, Music for Minors, instrumental music,and various examples of performing arts. We have a wide range of after school enrichment programs including Chess, Mad Science, music lessons, Spanish language, flower arrangement and others. This year we are planning to expand our science instruction and incorporate science into the language arts program.

All of this makes Clifford an exciting place to be. In addition, we are one of the most ethnically and economically diverse schools in the county. As one teacher said when she began teaching at Clifford several years ago - "Clifford is multicultural education in practice."

Welcome to Clifford, a powerful learning community.

Phil Lind, Principal
Bienvenidos a la escuela Clifford. Somos una escuela que enseña desde el Kindergarten al octavo grado con un personal muy dedicado y una comunidad de padres muy activa. Yo he sido el director de la escuela Clifford por once años y durante ese tiempo he estado continuamente impresionado con el compromiso a la educación de los padres, el personal y los alumnos. Un comentario frecuente que escucho es el increíble sentimiento de comunidad que rodea la escuela Clifford. Para ilustrar este sentimiento, consideren esto: catorce miembros del personal actual tienen o han tenido un niño en la escuela Clifford. Numerosos antiguos miembros del personal también han traído a sus niños a Clifford. En la actualidad doce alumnos son hijos de miembros del personal.

Al mismo tiempo tenemos un currículo fuerte y riguroso basado en los estándares. Esto es evidente en los resultados de las pruebas STAR que demuestran una mejora continua del aprendizaje y los logros de los alumnos. Debido a que creemos en educar al niño por completo también incorporamos programas como Art-In-Action, Music for Minors, música instrumental, varios ejemplos de las artes de representación. Tenemos varios programas de enriquecimiento después de la escuelas incluyendo el ajedrez, Mad Science, lecciones de música, lecciones de español, arreglos florales y otros. Este año estamos planeando expandir nuestra instrucción de ciencias e incorpora las ciencias dentro del programa de las artes de lenguaje.

Todo esto hace que Clifford sea un lugar apasionante. Además somos una de las escuelas más diversas étnica y económicamente en el condado. Cómo dijo una maestra cuando empezó enseñando en Clifford hace varios años – -Clifford es educación multicultural en práctica. -

Bienvenidos a Clifford, una comunidad con un gran impacto educativo.

Phil Lind, Director

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