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** Worland Middle School Vision: "Connecting Life and Learning One Brave at a Time"** Students are encouraged to:
 * Worland Middle School Mission:** Worland Middle School Staff challenges all students to reach their maximum potential by inspiring them to be productive citizens and life-long learners in an ever changing world.


 * Actively participate in a challenging and relevant curriculum that promotes mastery of all standards.


 * Set goals and demonstrate a pattern of intelligent behaviors.


 * Promote a culture of kindness and an appreciation for diversity.


 * Strengthen and use their natural abilities to enhance learning.


 * Worland Middle School Goals:**

All students will improve Reading skills across the curriculum. All students will improve Math Problem Solving skills across the curriculum. All students will improve Writing skills across the curriculum.


 * Professional Development Action Plans** are developed to help facilitate goal achievement.

Vision and Purpose Survey:


 * Quality School Indicators**

 **1.1** Establishes a vision for the school in collaboration with its stakeholders.

** 1.2 ** Communicates the vision and purpose to build stakeholder understanding and support

3/26/09 Mrs. Rakness visited with the student council regarding the development of a new vision statement. Our web site shares our vision, mission and purpose: []

** 1.3 ** Identifies goals to advance the vision In the 2009/2010 school year, we revisited our beliefs and goals.

Belief and Goals Revisited for Reading: Reading is an essential life skill necessary for all curricular areas. 1. 60 minutes of reading each day 2. 150,000 words per quarter 3. Increase content area reading areas

Belief and Goals Revisited for Writing: 1. Consistent writing across the curriculum 2. Implement Step-Up-To-Writing across the curriculum

Belief and Goals Revisited for Math: 1. Math Facts in a Flash require mastery for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division 2. Extended Learning Projects such as the Sierpinski Pyramid and the Inflatable room

 1. All students will improve reading skills across the curriculum. 2. All students will improve math problem solving skills across the curriculum. 3. All students will improve writing across the curriculum . [] its students, and the community ** 1.5 ** Ensures that the school’s vision and purpose guide the teaching and learning process ** 1.6 ** Reviews its vision and purpose systematically and revises them when appropriate **Previous Mission Statement:** Worland Middle School Staff challenges all students to reach their maximum potential by inspiring them to be productive citizens and life-long learners in an ever-changing world.
 * We believe that today's changing world requires that we learn to "balance" learning with life.
 * We believe that building stable, solid relationships among students, faculty, home, and the community will enhance and support lifelong learning.
 * We believe that project-based, problem-solving, integrated, real world learning will increase motivation, strengthen learning, and will build essential content area knowledge. Some examples of these are: History Days, Geography Bee, Iron Chef Cook-off, Robotics, Choc-O-Latte Reads A Lot, and integrated curriculum units/projects.
 * Our Goals:**
 * 1.4 ** Develops and continuously maintains a profile of the school,

Students are encouraged to: .
 * Actively participate in a challenging and relevant curriculum that promotes mastery of all standards.
 * Set goals and demonstrate a pattern of intelligent behaviors.
 * Promote a culture of kindness and an appreciation for diversity