Parkway Schools

MISSION:

The mission of the Parkway School District is to ensure all students are capable, curious and confident learners who understand and respond to the challenges of an ever-changing world.

VISION:

We succeed when all our students and graduates are:

• able to transfer their prior learning to new demands, in and out of school
• fully prepared for their next educational challenges
• creative, thoughtful and effective problem solvers
• increasingly self-directed, skilled and persistent as learners
• literate and critical consumers of information and ideas
• articulate speakers and effective listeners
• acting out of a strong sense of personal, social and civic responsibility
• always seeking to understand the views, values and cultures of others
• working skillfully with others to achieve common goals
• pursuing a personal direction based on an understanding of their talents and interests

LEARNING PRINCIPLES:

The conditions under which optimal learning takes place are observable in our classrooms and confirmed by educational research.  Therefore, as a learning institution, we commit to ensuring learners:

• understand the purpose and outcomes of their learning as well as the standards required for success
• transfer their learning to new situations beyond the classroom and school
• make meaning of content within helpful conceptual frameworks and multiple contexts
• use feedback to improve products, performances, key skills, and transfer of learning
• self-assess and self-adjust their learning through reflection against rigorous goals
• construct new knowledge by building on prior knowledge and activating earlier ideas
• test ideas, take intellectual risks, and learn from mistakes in pursuit of understanding
• experience learning challenges that match their abilities, needs, and interests
• realize that the capacity to learn is not fixed; ability and understanding can always improve