Mountain Middle School
Our Vision
To be a distinguished educational community leader that empowers students to own their future.
Our Mission:
Within a safe and supportive culture, Mountain Middle School integrates technology and project-based learning into a rigorous curriculum that prepares students to achieve their highest academic and social potential.
The Mountain Credo - Our Common Purpose:
In our pursuit of excellence, we share a collective responsibility for the success of Mountain Middle School. We embrace the support and challenges that come with being part of a team. We stay focused on the critical path of holding each other accountable to our norms. We walk our talk. We stand together in creating an innovative and open community that inspires transformation. We lean into discomfort and ideological conflict. We have each other’s backs and build trusting relationships. We embrace taking creative academic risks and support each other during our struggles. We trust and empower one another to find shared meaning through passionate learning.
CORE VALUE
Joy. We find joy in our day to day collective responsibilities and common purpose. We work hard and play hard.
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Honest. We handle conflicts with honesty and integrity by communicating with those we have issues. We speak honestly about our struggles and are willing to be vulnerable and take risks to correct them with each other never using invisible armies.
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Supportive. We always offer to help and provide encouragement. We push each other to be our best selves as allies for each other, not against each other.
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Accountable. We are prepared to do the work and we follow through with our obligations. We hold each other accountable. Everyday each person on the team knows what to do for the team to succeed. Everyone understands the priorities and what is needed - no one needs to be told.
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Appreciative. We appreciate each other. We are hard on ideas, but soft on people.
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Intentional. We intentionally maintain a growth mindset, even in the midst of challenges. We speak well of each other, our students and our school environment. We all work together to ensure nobody rubbishes the team.
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Attentive. We attend to the participation and processing styles of the whole group. We attend to our own use of airtime and ensure equity of voice.
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Present/Prompt. We are fully engaged and on time or early for our responsibilities. We leave other work and distractions at the door in order to do our best collective work.
Our Norms that Ensure we are a Cohesive and High Performing Team
A decade of excellence!