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We Believe:

· Children achieve more when they attend regularly and begin school ready to learn.

· Education is the responsibility of families and the community as well as the school.

· Student performance is enhanced by our school’s safe, orderly, and nurturing environment.

· Students must acquire basic academic, creative, higher order thinking, and decision making skills.

· Instruction and exposure to the fine arts curriculum is the fundamental right of each student.

· Each student is a valued individual with unique social, emotional, and intellectual needs.

· Students learn in different ways and should be challenged to reach their potential daily.

· Learning is a life-long process.

· Students are entitled to effective teaching by qualified professionals.

· Our school policy is to embrace cultural diversity which enables students to acquire cooperative skills.

· Students should be provided a variety of assessment opportunities to demonstrate their proficiency and achievement.

· Students and teachers should demonstrate respect for one another, for their school, the community, and our country.

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