New Hope Elementary School

Vision

Provide a superior educational system that challenges all students to attain their greatest intellectual, social, and personal potential.

Mission

Challenge all students to attain their greatest potential.

Beliefs

• Students learn best when they are actively engaged in a challenging learning process.

• A safe and physically comfortable environment promotes student learning.

• All students in our school need to have an equal opportunity to learn.

• Teachers, administrators, parents, and the community share the responsibility for helping students learn.

• Interactions with adults and other students contribute to student learning.

• A student's performance is enhanced by mutual respect among students and staff.

• Students learn best when our staff maintains high expectations for learning.

• Motivation to learn is influenced by a student's emotional state, beliefs, interests, goals, and habits of thinking.

• Exceptional students (e.g., special education, limited English proficiency, talented, and gifted, etc.) need special services and resources to improve their performance.

• Students learn more when provided with a variety of challenging instructional approaches.