At Sarah Lawrence College our mission is to graduate world citizens who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, who cross disciplinary boundaries, and who are able to sustain exceptional academic discipline within a framework of humanistic values and concern for community. Our unique educational practices provide our students with the opportunity to study intensively in small classes, to engage in independent research, and to spend unparalleled amounts of time working one-on-one with an exceptional faculty of scholars and artists, creating a tailored academic program of students' own design. Our goal is to instill a lifelong intellectual curiosity and nimbleness, as well as the confidence and entrepreneurial spirit to embrace a broad range of personal, professional and creative pursuits. We thus prepare students to think and act independently so that they will tackle the problems of, and thrive in, a complex and rapidly evolving world.
h For creative and intellectually motivated students who want to make their mark on the world, Sarah Lawrence offers a unique approach to learning and teaching designed to produce capable, confident, creative 21st Century citizens with the imagination, drive and skills to make a difference in their own and others' lives.
Sarah Lawrence's approach inculcates the entrepreneurial habits of exploration, risk-taking and invention that graduates will need to find solutions for which no models currently exist. A Sarah Lawrence education imparts the skills—as well as the courage—to think both creatively and analytically; work both independently and collaboratively, and act with both confidence and sensitivity in a complex and ever-evolving world.
Joy and inspiration are at the heart of the Wasatch Academy learning experience. Students who learn in an environment conducive to joyful learning and inspiring instruction develop into healthy and self-motivated people. Students, who are nurtured in a healthy learning environment feel freer to take risks, ponder life’s big questions and seek to connect with a larger world.
For students to thrive in an environment that inspires and is joyous, it requires adults who possess the capacity to respect the dignity of every student. In expressing their respect for the student’s dignity, teachers demonstrate appreciation for each learner’s unique combination of intelligences. No two students are alike. By respecting the different expressions of intelligence emanating from each student the possibilities for student growth are limitless.
Teaching for joy and inspiration puts the Wasatch Academy teacher in a unique position. Research relating to multiple intelligences becomes relevant in informing the pedagogy of the Wasatch Academy teacher. Use of a variety of teaching strategies to fit the teaching moment becomes commonplace. The school’s commitment and investment in an extraordinarily wide variety of activities allows students to find pathways for the development and expression of their own unique capabilities.
