OUR BELIEFS

• All students can learn.

• All students are life-long learners.

• Learning is directly related to positive relationships, high expectations, effective classroom management, appropriate student discipline, school attendance, and setting and achieving goals.

• Motivating and challenging students by using a variety of research based instruction strategies to accommodate differences inlearning styles is basic to the successful education of all students.

• On-going assessments are necessary for determining student strength and needs to guide future planning and instructional approaches.

• Student achievement data for example, Gateway Scores, is anecessary in the decisions making in meeting individual student needs.

• The development, implementation and fair environment of policies are necessary to provide all students, staff members and administrators a safe, secure, and nurturing environment.