A fun children's book that uses alpacas as the characters in a school setting to teach students how to get really smart. The book is an engaging way to talk about setting high expectations with your students. The book focuses on student achievement, setting expectations, striving for excellence, cultural awareness, students owning their learning, students setting goals, Productive Group Work and the Universal Design for Learning. If you want to increase your students achievement, this is the book! There is a learning pledge in the book that you can use to encourage your students to Give their Best, Own their Learning, Always be Ready to Learn, Love to Learn and Strive for Excellence. Your students will love the alpacas and at the same time learn what it means to "Strive for Excellence! Read Less