Mission, Vision, and Core Values

OWH Core Values

Honesty  ~   Growth Mindset  ~   Leadership   ~  Perseverance    

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​​Mission Statement

Preparing every student for excellence through rigorous academics.

School Vision

Creating a student centered and academically challenging environment in which students embody our school's core values promoting student achievement and college and career readiness.

Student School Pledge

I will be a leader by holding myself and others accountable;

I will have a growth mindset by taking on challenges and learning from those challenges;

I will persevere through any obstacle by never giving up;

I will always be honest with myself and others.

Core Values/MTSS

The mission of OWH is to provide a child-centered environment that will inspire and challenge all of our students to: HAVE A GROWTH MINDSET, BE HONEST, STRIVE TO BE A LEADER, AND PERSEVERE. We strive to work as a collaborative unit: parents, faculty and staff working as partners to ensure that all children reach their academic goals.

Instructional Focus

Teachers will utilize assessment data strategically to adjust curricula, inform daily instruction and further infuse the four hallmarks of the advanced literacies and offer tactical multiple entry points and extensions as well as provide comprehensive feedback to prepare our students to become independent learners.  

Equity Goal

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The staff at OWH will develop relationships that fosters academic growth and social-emotional foundations to ensure individual student success.

NYCPS Mission

 To ensure that each student graduates on a pathway to a rewarding career and long-term economic security, equipped to be a positive force for change, that is our mission. 

History of OWH

The Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High School 204 was opened in 1958, serving students in grades six, seven, eight, and nine.  Towards the end of the century, I.S. 204 was reconfigured to become a middle school, serving students in grades six, seven, and eight.  In 2016, the school became known as OWH, The Oliver Wendell Holmes Intermediate School, a school that is known for its name, not just a number - like our students who are all known by name.   Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., for whom our school is named, was an American philosopher and jurist.  He was born in Boston on March 8, 1841, graduated from Harvard University, and served in the Civil War for three years.  Later he returned to Harvard Law School and, after graduation in 1866, practiced law in Boston.  He became an instructor in constitutional law at Harvard and edited the American Law Review.  Mr. Holmes served as Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court and became its Chief Justice in 1899.  In 1902, he was appointed to the United States Supreme Court, beginning a thirty-year period of distinguished service.  He retired at the age of 91, admired and respected as a great American.  After his death in 1935, it was discovered that he had left his money and property to the land he loved - the United States.