Dekalb Agriculture Technology & Environment, Inc.
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Our Vision Is Engaging Hands And Minds On Through Environment, Agriculture And Technology.
Our Mission:
To cultivate the current and future generation of inventors, innovators and environmental stewards by providing a hands-on, inquiry-based education rooted in the interconnected sciences of agriculture, technology, and the environment. Students are engaged and empowered to collaboratively solve real-world problems, think critically and creatively, and become lifelong learners who communicate the vital need to build healthy, thriving communities.
About Us
Our Values:
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Inquiry: We are curious and ask questions to understand our world
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Stewardship: We are committed to protecting our natural resources for future generations.
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Innovation: We embrace technology and creative thinking to find new and better solutions.
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Collaboration: We achieve more by working together with our classmates, teachers, and community.
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Engagement: We believe that learning is an active, hands-on experience.
The Academy will improve student achievement via a curriculum which:
- Recognizes the important link between technology, agriculture and the environment
- Promotes higher order thinking skills – critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making
- Motivates students by offering a real world context for learning
- Engages learners in investigative, hands-on/minds-on, student-centered, and cooperative activities between industry and environmental groups
- Advances educational reform goals
- Correlates to state and national academic standards
- Considers the environment in its totality, i.e., the co-existence of business and the environment
- Promotes continuous lifelong learning
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