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Silver Creek Middle School
We believe all students deserve:
We believe all students deserve a drug free, safe, clean, technologically modern, well-equipped, well-staffed and trained learning environment in which to perform. We believe all students deserve a respectful, caring school community, which encompasses family, peers, support staff, and teachers to provide our young adults with an atmosphere to realize their full potential and exceed mandated standards. We believe all students deserve positive opportunities and challenging curriculum to enhance educational endeavors and prepare students for the challenges and careers in the global market.
All adults in our community are living by these core convictions daily and as a result, show the following attitudes and actions:
All adults in out community are living by these core convictions daily and as a result show the following attitudes and actions. Silver Creek Middle School faculty members stress the importance of maintaining our safe school environment by providing a modern, technologically advanced physical environment for all students, as well as supporting a drug-free, safe, and clean building. Adults also provide instruction and outside opportunities that challenge and motivate students to learn, maximize their potential and accept responsibility for actions. By setting the examples themselves, faculty, staff and parents ensure students are given the respect they deserve, and students in turn are respectful to others. Students should also recognize and celebrate cultural difference and work to remove stereotypes and bias.
In this environment where all adults are living by their core convictions, all students:
In the environment where all adults are living by their core convictions, all students have high expectations of themselves. Students fully participate in in the educational process by taking advantage of all opportunities to enhance learning. Students maintain and maximize the physical resources provided for their education and are respectful, positive role models. All students support a safe environment by abstaining from the use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, while exemplifying mature behavior in making rational, responsible decisions. As a result of living by these core convictions, students understand accountability for their actions. In the school where both students and adults are living to core convictions, 100% of the student body will achieve an A+ in citizenship, enroll in rigorous curriculum, complete all homework, master standards in all areas, pass ISTEP, and participate in extra-curricular athletic and academic activities.
As a result of these efforts, our school's student achievement data is as follows: