To provide a positive learning environment where all students develop skills and strategies to become creative problem solvers and life-long learners. Children learn best when they are in a safe, friendly, warm and comfortable environment. Children need to be treated with respect and fairness, and to treat others the same way. Children learn best when they are responsible for their own learning. Instruction must meet the needs of each learner.
Literacy is the basis for all learning.
Successful learning occurs when parents are partners with the school. If parents reinforce what happens at school in their homes, then parents are provided with information and opportunities to work collaboratively with the staff. If students apply knowledge and skills within and across content areas, then students will be able to successfully link classroom instruction to real-life tasks that make connections to the real world. If interventions are designed to meet specific learner needs that will result in increasing students' achievement, then teachers analyze the results of assessments and question, study and probe for strategies to increase student achievement. If Professional Development is a priority to increase and ensure teacher expertise, then a school professional development plan is based on the needs of teachers related to meeting school goals.