k making connections

Kindergarten Stallions

The Life at SMES

Our Students

Come First

Full STEAM Ahead!

Design PrinciplesDecisions will be made with the students in mind.

Our learners will have voice and choice.

Failing Forward: building perseverance and grit are key to learning.

Relationships within our school community are pivotal to our students’ success.

Famous FailuresDouble click to watch!

Famous Failures

Please click on the link to watch some remarkable people overcome extraordinary failures.

STEAMScience Technology Engineering Art Mathematics

“The game is changing. It isn’t just about math and science anymore.

It’s about creativity, imagination, and above

all, innovation.”-Business Week

Through authentic learning units students will integrate content to

solve real world problems.

LATI ClassroomLearner-Active Technology Infused

Pasco County LATIC Classroom

Please click on the link to see Kindergarteners taking ownership of their learning.

Ten PrinciplesLearner-Active Technology Infused

❖ Learning from a Felt Need

❖ Student Responsibility for Learning

❖ Working Well Collaboratively

❖ High Social Capital

❖ High Academic Standards

❖ Technology Infusion

❖ Global Citizenship

❖ Individual Learning Path

❖ Connected Learning

❖ Focus on Higher-Order, Open-Ended Problem Solving

Kindergarten

Unit A ALU 1Throughout this

Authentic Learning Unit students will learn school and

classroom expectations, how to be a good friend, all

about themselves and their friends, and how

to find their way successfully through

their day.

Sanders Stallions are SHARP

7 Habits of Healthy Kids

These principles help to foster the

responsibility, vision, respect,

teamwork, balance and

leadership skills needed for success.