Our Promise

Laura Jeffrey Academy will provide an environment where students are free to learn, to explore their potential, to discover their brilliance and develop their intellect.

LJA’s motto is “Asking questions, making choices.”  Learning to ask key questions is crucial to becoming a critical thinker. Students create success by making informed choices that have a positive impact on self and community.

Our Principles

• Searching for Truths. We build communities of inquiry capable of supporting free and open conversation on the most important issues.
• Building Empathy. We recognize that it is difficult to always have consistency between what we value and how we practice those values. When we practice empathy, we understand another’s difficulty and we help each other build the skills to be more consistent in practicing our values.
• Developing Generosity of Spirit. We assume that each of us tries to do what we believe is right and just, and we ask each other how we see things that lead us to act as we do.
• Becoming Competent. We help each other become increasingly able to bring about the results we each desire. We believe that effort creates competence and competence helps build confidence.
• Practicing Mutual Responsibility and Individual Accountability. We work together to solve problems and are accountable for our own choices and our impact on the community as a whole.
• Acknowledging Paradox and Dilemma. We make progress at LJA by opening our minds to complexity while continuing to take action in response to the paradox or dilemma.
• Recognizing Strength in Vulnerability. We value help from others in seeing our short comings and potential as we continue to evolve and grow.