Elementary Sacred Path
Elementary Sacred Path
We, Cherokee Elementary, promise to be responsible, respectful, truthful and caring to all.
Mission:
To build a classroom and school-wide community and to empower students by providing leadership opportunities and conflict resolution skills while teaching the values and traditions of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
Each Learning Community:
- Holds class meetings
- Gives compliments
- Shares concerns
- Collectively decides on course of action
- Shares equal partnership among community members in the spirit of the circle
- Believes each member of community is irreplaceable and has something to offer
- Works together for the good of the community
Learning Communities:
- Pre-K- Waterbeetles
- K- Rhythm Makers
- 1st- Believers in the Little People
- 2nd- Cherokee Power
- 3rd- Peacekeepers
- 4th- Keepers of the Sacred Belt
- 5th- Spirit of the Turtle
- Staff- Keepers of the Fire
- Class meetings are structured around our local tribal government: chief, vice-chief, recorder