Center in East Meadow, NY 11554
The Barnum Woods Elementary School is a school dedicated to creating a learning environment which will allow our students to meet the demands of a challenging dynamic society. Our children know that parents teachers administrators and the Barnum Woods community as a whole are focused on ensuring their development as life-long learners. To that end the Barnum Woods curriculum includes a solid foundation in all subjects. This facility is authorized to administer medications
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The primary mission of public education is to provide our young people with those skills necessary to function effectively in society.
As a school our aims are not to indoctrinate children with a specific set of moral values but to provide children with the tools of inquiry so they can become on their own more thoughtful considerate and responsible human beings.
We believe that a person of good character demonstrates a respect for human dignity an active responsibility for the welfare of others integrates individual interests and social awareness demonstrates integrity displays common sense principles when making choices and judgments and seeks peaceful resolution of conflict.
To develop the character of our children in a complex and changing world is no small task but it is our intent to take up the challenge.