Our Mission

Olives Rising Stars Academy’s mission is to give families peace of mind that their child is receiving extraordinary quality care in a hygienic, safe and nurturing environment that is filled with love and individual respect. It is our mission to develop in every child a strong sense of self-esteem, knowledge and skills to succeed in school and in life.

To promote a culture of educational excellence, from within a caring and secure Christian environment enriched with the values of discipline, mutual care and respect, which extends beyond the school into the wider community.

Honoring all learning styles and applying a variety of teaching strategies, our objectives and commitment to our children are to:

  • Build fundamental motivation and a lifelong love of learning.
  • Help craft an internal scope to guide them as learners, rather than relying only on instruction and direction from others.
  • Provide children with social and emotional skills to succeed in school.
  • Foster an atmosphere of individual respect for self and others.

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Our Philosophy

At Olives Rising Stars Academy, we believe children thrive within webs of friendship and love. Children develop their world view and expectations by living inside relationships and by observing the relationships around them.

We believe a strong sense of self-esteem comes from experiencing success and that children learn through their innate sense of natural wonder, exploration and experimentation. We also believe that all children deserve to have fun while learning in a God-fearing environment.

​Therefore, it is only practical that our program be driven by the needs and interests of children and the activities developed by our teachers address all the developmental areas while assuring learning is fun, stimulating and challenging which we believe leads to a life-long love of learning.

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Our Vision

Create and maintain a safe, supportive, and nurturing learning environment for all children, families, and staff to promote social/emotional competence as a foundation for developing a child.

Our Core Values

Our core values are worthy of our organization and we believe we should incorporate them as anchor points in everything we do in the school. These values provide us with a means of not only guiding but also evaluating our operations, our planning and our vision for the future.

  •  Love – Showing immense kindness and care to each other irrespective of background.
  • Service – Being a responsible citizen in our community.
  • Teamwork – Working together for excellence.
  • Ambition – Aspiring to be our best.
  • Respect – Treating others as we wish to be treated.

 

Our Approach

After years of research, observation and experience we came to the conclusion that the best approach to facilitate a love of learning is through Project Based Learning (PBL) and Social and Emotional Intelligence. We begin with our teachers observing, interacting and listening to the children as they wonder and question their world.

Our projects are not derived from what the teachers think would interest the children, but they are derived from what the children ask us. We simply are the navigators to assist and support them to discover the answers to their questions. These questions are not answered through lecture but through hands-on learning experiences which we believe inculcate the love-for-learning in the children. Our PBL learning is: observing, investigating, experimenting, discovering and is always hands-on.

​Our teachers and experts on subject matter work closely with rigor and passion to ensure the children’s project work is engaging and developmentally age appropriate in the most stimulating and effective way to expand the children’s knowledge.