Our Mission and Vision
Vision
The vision of Normandin Middle School is to provide a rigorous learning environment that enables all students to attain the skills, problem-solving abilities, and conceptual understanding necessary to achieve proficiency in all subjects, while fostering global awareness and social responsibility.
Mission
We are committed to developing a community of learners who are academically proficient, demonstrate strong character, exhibit self-confidence, and actively contribute to the well-being of their local and global communities.
Core Commitments
In order to achieve our vision of an exemplary middle school, we the Normandin staff will:
- Establish clear, high expectations with specific academic targets for all students
- Provide the support and challenge needed for each child to meet the expected targets.
- Work as a collaborative team to continually increase our knowledge and use of research-supported strategies to support students academically and behaviorally.
- Deliver meaningful, relevant, and differentiated curriculum that prepares all students for the next level of learning including fostering an understanding of their roles in a global society.
- Systematically assess student learning to drive instruction, set appropriate learning goals, and inform students and parents of progress toward expected targets.
- Educate the whole child by providing direct instruction in art, music, physical education, health, design, language acquisition, technology education and include service learning.
- Implement the tenants of the Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS) model to encourage exemplary behavior, facilitate academic success, and develop responsible global citizens.
- Establish two-way communication within our school community to promote academic excellence and citizenship, and the engagement of all parents and guardians as partners in fostering students' awareness of their roles in both local and global contexts.