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About Team TALES


 Welcome to TALES 

 

Where Young Minds Grow, Learn, and Thrive

TALES a joyful and inclusive early childhood school committed to nurturing the whole child. We provide a warm, safe, and welcoming environment where students feel supported, families feel connected, and learning comes to life. 

Our dedicated staff work in close partnership with families to build a strong foundation for acedemic success and social-emotional growth. Through innovative programs like Thinking Maps and Math in the City, we tailor our curriculum to meet the individual needs of every leasrner-especially our multilingual students-by integrating language development inot both academic and social expereinces. 

🎨 Learning Through Play 

We believe that pkay is esstential to early childhood development. Our classrooms are filled with hands-on-activites, exploration, and creativity-becasue when childre play, they build the skills they need to solve problems, express themselves, and connect with others. 

🥗 Wellness at the Heart of Learning 

TALES is proud to be a national leader in school wellness In 2012, we became the first public school in the country to adopt an all-vegetarian lunch menu, reflecting our deep commitment to student health and sustainability. We continue this work through partnerships with FAN4KIDS and The Coalition for Healthy School Food, bringing nutrition education and physical wellness into ecery child’s day. 

🌟 Preparing for Tomorrow

At TALES, we prepare young minds to tackle the challenges of tomorrow with confidence, compassion, and curiosity. Our progressive academic approach, combined with a strong focus on health, equity, and family engagement, ensures that every child leaves our school ready to lead a healthy and purposeful life. 

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Why The Active Learning Elementary School?

Our mission is to support and equip students, teachers, and parents by providing amazing Pre-K through Grade 3 academic resources based upon TALES Mission, Vision, and Core Values. 

  • TALES's Mission Statement
    The mission of The Active Learning Elementary School (TALES), a PreK - 3rd grade school, is to foster academic excellence in a safe and caring learning environment. Through a partnership of family, staff, and community, TALES strives to educate the whole child by meeting their academic, health and wellness, and social-emotional needs. We utilize a race equity lens to empower student to break up patterns of racism and become leaders in our world.
  • TALES's Vision
    The vision of the The Active Learning Elementary School (TALES), a PreK - 3rd Grade school, is to empower our students with the academic, social-emotional, and health and wellness skills necessary to become leaders who question the world around them and strive to end racism.
  • TALES's Core Values
    The Core Values serve as a guide to our daily lives at TALES and our lives beyond the classroom. The Core Values themselves and the terminology used to define them should become a part of the students' vocabulary and ultimately frame their way of thinking and living. Only by consistently modeling and discussing them will our students exemplify the following Core Values: Race Equity, Health/Nutrition, Respect, Leadership and Commitment.

Message from Principal Groff

Experience education like never before. Your journey starts here.

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Whether you are a current TALES family or a prospective one, we welcome you to the first vegetarian public school in the country and two time National Blue Ribbon award winning school!

As we go into the 2025-26 school year, we are excited to have you with us!  The first day of school is Thursday, September 4th and please know that the TALES family is here to support you throughout the summer and the new school year.

Sincerely,

Bob Groff

Principal and Co-founder, TALES

 

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