Our School

About West Lowndes Elementary School

West Lowndes Elementary proudly serves approximately 280 students in PreK through sixth grade.  We, the faculty, staff, and the community, strive to challenge all students to attain their greatest potential.

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