MITCH Charter School, located in Tualatin, Oregon, is a public charter school sponsored by the Tigard Tualatin School District. We serve children in kindergarten through 5th grade, building a community of joyful learners.
A Letter from our Executive Director
Melissa Meyer
MITCH Executive Director |
PURPOSE. PASSION. PREPARATION.
Every child in a community as multiethnic as the one served by the Tigard-Tualatin School District deserves access to an exceptional knowledge-based education in elementary school. Childhood is the time when formal learning for life-long success begins and a solid, sequential program in math, science, history, reading, and writing builds the strongest foundation for that future success. Core Knowledge founder E.D. Hirsch, Jr. writes in Why Knowledge Matters, “Only a well-rounded, knowledge-specific curriculum can impart needed knowledge to all children and overcome inequality of opportunity.” Our purpose is to provide an extraordinary, knowledge-based education to each child attending our school. |
Why a knowledge-based education?
Knowledge builds on knowledge, and as Dr. Seuss wrote, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” The more a child comprehends when reading, the more she learns about the world. The more a child knows about the world, the more she can understand what she reads – knowledge builds on knowledge. We are passionate about teaching, as well as our students learning, a specific body of knowledge about the world – knowledge expected of literate people in our society.
What education do you want for your child? What preparation does your child need to prosper in school and in life? At MITCH students learn to work hard and to persevere if success is not immediate. Self-confidence is developed by tackling challenges just out of the student’s reach. Students don’t “guess” in the classroom but practice the skills necessary to think through a problem to determine the answer. And if a student doesn’t know the answer, we encourage self-advocacy (which develops self-reliance) by asking for help. Getting it wrong at MITCH is okay if there is a determination to get it right the next time -- learning how to get back up and try again after failing is a critically important life-skill.
We look forward to teaching your child,
Melissa Meyer
Executive Director
Knowledge builds on knowledge, and as Dr. Seuss wrote, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” The more a child comprehends when reading, the more she learns about the world. The more a child knows about the world, the more she can understand what she reads – knowledge builds on knowledge. We are passionate about teaching, as well as our students learning, a specific body of knowledge about the world – knowledge expected of literate people in our society.
What education do you want for your child? What preparation does your child need to prosper in school and in life? At MITCH students learn to work hard and to persevere if success is not immediate. Self-confidence is developed by tackling challenges just out of the student’s reach. Students don’t “guess” in the classroom but practice the skills necessary to think through a problem to determine the answer. And if a student doesn’t know the answer, we encourage self-advocacy (which develops self-reliance) by asking for help. Getting it wrong at MITCH is okay if there is a determination to get it right the next time -- learning how to get back up and try again after failing is a critically important life-skill.
We look forward to teaching your child,
Melissa Meyer
Executive Director
