Dialogue

Part of the reason that there is such an interest by other countries to come to America to study is because of our teaching style. This is an eleventh grade American History class being taught by Mr. Anthony Passalacqua. Mr. Passalacqua has a Master's degree in education with an emphasis in History. In classes like this, the need to discuss and reason is critical. The real need in education today is the need to foster critical thinking skills so that we can learn how to take bits of information and use them together to solve problems and find better ways of doing things.
Students are taught how to reason....how to think critically....and how to communicate their thoughts in conversation as well as on paper. Coach Pass (also our Varsity Baseball Headcoach) has several debates each year as well as several elections that give opportunity to the students to both understand historically what factors have shaped our history and also the chance to see how it works in action through these simulated debates and elections.
Critical thinking is the reason that other countries are desiring an American education and here at Upper Room Christian School that is what we put the highest educational emphasis on.
Grace and Peace,
Ed