{"id":17,"date":"2008-10-05T10:12:48","date_gmt":"2008-10-05T14:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/eduleader\/?p=17"},"modified":"2008-10-05T21:05:56","modified_gmt":"2008-10-06T01:05:56","slug":"visiting-academy-of-the-pacific-rim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/eduleader\/2008\/10\/05\/visiting-academy-of-the-pacific-rim\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Academy of the Pacific Rim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/eduleader\/files\/2008\/10\/dscf39421.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/eduleader\/files\/2008\/10\/dscf39421-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>(Japanese text to follow)<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, three colleagues and I visited a very interesting charter school called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacrim.org\/index.htm\">Academy of the Pacific Rim<\/a>. It has a unique mission statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Our mission<\/strong>\u00a0is to empower urban students of all racial and ethnic backgrounds to achieve their full intellectual and social potential by combining the best of the East &#8211; high standards, discipline and character education with the best of the West &#8211; a commitment to individualism, creativity and diversity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>APR uses two Japanese words to describe the essence of the culture of the school: Kaizen and Gambatte. APR defines the words in the following way:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>KAIZEN<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; is a Japanese principle meaning continual improvement of ourselves and our community. We engage in daily rituals and routines that help us grow as individuals and as a community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GAMBATTE<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; is a Japanese word meaning &#8220;persist and never give up.&#8221; It is our belief that that our success is based on our effort not on luck.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I will have more to say about this very interesting and impressive school&#8230;. 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