Saturday, May 19, 2012

Elementary School Mission Stement

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Our Vision
Pembroke Pines Charter Elementary School is dedicated to providing a high quality education to a diverse community where all students are expected to succeed as life-long learners.

Our Mission
To provide an environment where all students can learn, achieve, and develop confidence to meet the challenges of a changing and complex society.

Our Beliefs

  • All students can learn to their highest potential.
  • Each student is regarded as a unique individual with intellectual, physical, social, and emotional needs.
  • The entire school community shares in the responsibility of shaping a positive learning environment within our school.
  • A safe and nurturing environment is essential for maximum teaching and learning.
  • Students learn through a variety of instructional approaches to maximize their individual learning potential.
  • Our school is committed to continuous improvement.
  • The school actively promotes opportunities for students to be critical thinkers and effective communicators to foster life-long learners.
  • All students are valuable and treated with respect by everyone.

Middle School Mission Statement

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Vision
All children will achieve educational excellence and become productive citizens in a diverse and ever-changing society.

Mission
Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School is committed to providing a high quality education in a safe and supportive environment that fosters life long learners. In partnership with parents and community, the school promotes a culture of achievement that maximizes the potential of all children empowering them to become positive contributors to society.

Beliefs

  • Each student has the opportunity to reach his fullest potential.
  • The school actively promotes the development of the whole child.
  • All charter school students will be educated in an environment that is safe, orderly, and drug free.
  • All children will become critical thinkers with the ability to apply problem solving skills in real world situations.
  • Charter school students and staff will be treated in a respectful manner.
  • The entire school community will learn and work in an environment with high academic standards.
  • Charter school students will be educated by a highly qualified and professional educator.
  • Charter school students and staff will have the necessary resources to achieve.
  • Education is the joint responsibility of family, school, and students; community partnerships and volunteerism are vital to our Mission.

High School Mission Statement

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Mission Statement
Pembroke Pines Charter High School, in collaboration with students, parents, and the community, aims to foster a culture of active and resourceful lifelong learners. Through efforts unified in direction, yet diverse in approach and instruction, we endeavor to provide a challenging, supportive environment that cultivates intellectual growth, social awareness, and personal responsibility.

PPCHS BELIEFS
  • Learning is the primary focus of the school.
  • All students are individuals with unique needs and have the potential to learn.
  • Curriculum should be taught using a variety of instructional approaches to accommodate differences in learning styles.
  • Assessments of student learning should provide students with a variety of opportunities to demonstrate achievement and apply their learning in meaningful contexts.
  • Students need to demonstrate essential knowledge, critical thinking skills, and competency in collecting information.
  • Students must assume responsibility for and ownership of their own learning.
  • Curriculum should maintain high standards for students and challenge them to increase individual performance.
  • Students learn best when given opportunities for success within a safe and supportive environment.
  • Positive relationships and mutual respect among students and staff enhance student self-esteem.
  • Student and teacher access to current technological tools increases learning potential.
  • Exceptional students require special services and resources.
  • Diversity enriches learning and experience through the recognition of contributions of a variety of ideas, values, and cultures.
  • School success depends on the commitment of teachers, administrators, students, and parents to high standards, expectations, and performance.
  • Group commitment to continuous improvement enables students to become confident, self-directed, lifelong learners as well as responsible, mature, and contributing members of our global community.
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