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Crew

A group of young girls in outdoor clothing smile while sitting and standing near a park sign.
A group of young girls in outdoor clothing smile while sitting and standing near a park sign.

Crew and Morning Meeting

Crew is at the heart of Promontory School. More than a traditional classroom, Crew creates a tight-knit community where students feel they belong. Through Morning Meeting and Closing Crew, students build meaningful relationships, support each other's learning and growth, reflect on their progress, and develop character together.

A group of five students sit on rocky terrain with a vast, arid landscape and distant mountains in the background.
A group of five students sit on rocky terrain with a vast, arid landscape and distant mountains in the background.

We are crew, not passengers.

Staff, families, and students learn together, pull together, and help one another get up the mountain together. Through Crew, students develop confidence, compassion, collaboration, and the character to become the Great Thinkers of the 21st century.

Children and a mascot play with a large, colorful parachute outdoors on a sunny day.
Children and a mascot play with a large, colorful parachute outdoors on a sunny day.

Looping

Strong relationships are built over time. By spending two years with the same teacher, students, teachers, and families develop deep, meaningful relationships that create a strong foundation for academic, social, and emotional growth.

At Promontory School, we strive to create a culture of unity and inclusion, a place where students feel they belong and are safe to learn, participate in adventure, and succeed. Crew is a large part of creating this culture. Staff, students, and families learn together, pull together, and teach one another as crew. More than a traditional classroom, crew creates a tight-knit unit. That unit begins each day with a meeting in the morning. This is a time when teachers and their students come together as crew to team build, support each other’s learning and growth, shape and reshape culture, and build meaningful relationships with peers and the crew leader. Crews also use this time to reflect on and monitor academic progress, and to focus on character development. Closing crew is a bookend to the day, a time when we come together as a crew to process the day, reflect on learning and growth, and resolve conflicts.

The culture of crew impels all members of a school community to work together as a team, to pitch in, to serve and help others. Staff, families, and students help their colleagues and peers get up the mountain together - individual success is not enough. Crew helps develop relationships between students and staff so that each student feels supported academically, socially and emotionally. Through crew, students can develop skills of confidence, compassion, listening, and collaboration as well as speaking well in front of a group. The skills learned in crew will benefit students throughout their lives and support them as they move forward into their roles as the Great Thinkers of tomorrow.

In grades 1 through 6, students will have the opportunity to spend two years with the same teacher. As a student enters first, third, or fifth grade, they will be placed in a single-grade classroom that will remain as “Crew” with the same teacher for two years. This method will allow the class (or crew) and teacher to move forward quickly in the second year, with deep and knowledgeable relationships between not only teachers and students, but also between teachers and families.

  • At Promontory School, we strive to create a culture of unity and inclusion, a place where students feel they belong and are safe to learn, participate in adventure, and succeed. Crew is a large part of creating this culture. Staff, students, and families learn together, pull together, and teach one another as crew. More than a traditional classroom, crew creates a tight-knit unit. That unit begins each day with a meeting in the morning. This is a time when teachers and their students come together as crew to team build, support each other’s learning and growth, shape and reshape culture, and build meaningful relationships with peers and the crew leader. Crews also use this time to reflect on and monitor academic progress, and to focus on character development. Closing crew is a bookend to the day, a time when we come together as a crew to process the day, reflect on learning and growth, and resolve conflicts.

  • The culture of crew impels all members of a school community to work together as a team, to pitch in, to serve and help others. Staff, families, and students help their colleagues and peers get up the mountain together - individual success is not enough. Crew helps develop relationships between students and staff so that each student feels supported academically, socially and emotionally. Through crew, students can develop skills of confidence, compassion, listening, and collaboration as well as speaking well in front of a group. The skills learned in crew will benefit students throughout their lives and support them as they move forward into their roles as the Great Thinkers of tomorrow.

  • In grades 1 through 6, students will have the opportunity to spend two years with the same teacher. As a student enters first, third, or fifth grade, they will be placed in a single-grade classroom that will remain as “Crew” with the same teacher for two years. This method will allow the class (or crew) and teacher to move forward quickly in the second year, with deep and knowledgeable relationships between not only teachers and students, but also between teachers and families.