Mission, Vision, Beliefs

Mission:

Challenge all students to attain their greatest potential.

Vision:

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