KENNARD CLASSICAL JUNIOR ACADEMY 

5031 Potomac Street
St. Louis, MO 63139
Office: 314-353-8875
Fax:    314-244-1806
Principal: Dr. Steven-Kyle Jefferson
Hours: 9:10am - 4:07pm
Grades: PK-5

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Welcome to Kennard CJA Principal's Corner

Welcome Families!

As we continue to learn together, we are more committed than ever to focus on the following tenets to provide the best curriculum and instruction for your gifted learner:

Mission: meet the unique academic and affective needs of the gifted and talented student.

Vision: provide a unique, safe and nurturing school fostering academic achievement and serving the diverse population of gifted and talented students, and providing:

• Student - centered inquiry based gifted curriculum designed to develop creativity, critical thinking and problem solving skills.

We are committed to implementing problem and project based learning for all students.

• Employing technology to aid learning in and out of the classroom setting and providing opportunities for students to apply skills learned to help understand real world problems.

We are committed to participating in hands-on technology training.

We are committed to developing and implementing technology curriculum to ensure that students are proficient in these areas.

• Collaborating with faculty, students, parents, and the community to build a sense of school pride, responsibility, belonging, and a desire for academic excellence.

We are committed to developing community partnerships.

We are committed to working with parents in the area of school programming.

Core Values: develop the traits of honesty, kindness, respect, and responsibility.

Our Mission: The mission of Kennard Classical Junior Academy is to meet the unique academic and affective needs of the gifted and talented student.

Our Vision: The vision of Kennard Classical Junior Academy is to provide a unique, safe and nurturing school fostering academic achievement and serving the diverse population of gifted and talented students, and providing:

• Student-centered, inquiry-based gifted curriculum designed to develop creativity, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. We are committed to implementing problem and project-based learning for all students.
  
  
• Employing technology to aid learning in and out of the classroom setting and providing opportunities for students to apply skills learned to help understand real world problems. We are committed to participating in hands-on technology training. We are committed to developing and implementing technology curriculum to ensure that students are proficient in these areas.
  
  
• Collaborating with faculty, students, parents and the community to build a sense of school pride, responsibility, belonging, and a desire for academic excellence. We are committed to developing community partnerships. We are committed to working with parents in the area of school programming.