Herndon Mission Statement

Following this mission and vision, Heritage High School as an agency, works to prepare students for post high school life by providing individual counseling services, group counseling services, mediation services, and crisis intervention services for all students in need. Moreover, this agency works to fight the social injustice of unequal educational opportunities, due to disabilities, race, gender, and socioeconomic background, by providing critical support services to disadvantaged individuals. Not only does this agency provide services mandated by students’ individual education plans, but it also offers services and resources to any students that require additional assistance to meet their educational goals and ultimately reach graduation

In my great middle school, Wildwood Middle School of Waunakee, Wisconsin, our goal is for students to grow into people who will make the world a better place. Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders are taught a wide variety of common core classes and extra exploratories to enrich children and help them grow. We believe in the principal character traits of S.H.A.R.K., which stands for Self-Control, Humility, Acceptance, Responsibility, and Kindness. Wildwood Middle School’s motto is,” Where Everyone Belongs”, as we believe everyone should be treated with kindness and respect. Our school sports team is the Wildwood Sharks and our mascot is Sammy Shark. We believe Wildwood is a great middle school because we provide a safe and fun learning environment

Whether it be in sports, academia, volunteering, or other extracurricular activities, our school offers a lot of ways to be successful. At Cedar Springs High School, you can learn how to be a successful student, athlete, thespian, and person. This can all be accomplished through everything mentioned above, plus so much more. Opportunities for career shadowing, college visits, internships, and scholarships are always available at CSHS. Each path for each student is personalized, and each student succeeds in their own way. There is no discrimination on what is successful, and each student is given the opportunity to

Working in schools for over 20 years, Ms. Morris has gathered a great deal of experience working with students. She has taught in parts of Tennessee, Florida, and Waterloo, Iowa, and has worked with hundreds of students there. What brought Ms. Morris to East High School was the enormous amount of school spirit students had. After attending a school game and experiencing the pride students had for their school first hand, Ms. Morris knew that East High was where she wanted to be. Surrounded by students who were so drenched in their school, she felt stronger desire to get a chance to work with East High Scarlets and fell in love quite quickly.

Monroe High School is a good school but some of the students act as if they are trying to keep the school’s bad reputation rather than get rid of it. Dozens of Monroe High School students are called each week to make up hours in academic development because the students don’t care or value their education. Students are also called to make up hours because of attendance and so many days missed. These are the students that people from other schools look at to depict a perspective of Monroe High. Even with all the new students getting honor roll, there are still students that will not help change how Monroe will be viewed by others who don’t attend the school. This is why Monroe High School is still a low performing school. This requires the school to do extra to show the board of education we are trying to improve our scores. The students that do care about their education are canceled out by students that are just there to get their high school diploma so they can get get a job that will only be enough to pay their bills. The growth and progression of Monroe High has increased at a steady rate the past couple of years but the mindset of the students must change to change the whole

Raised in a small town of University Place, both my personal life and the community have been shaped around the atmosphere of Curtis High School. Growing up in University Place schools throughout the entirety of my life, the talk was consistently about the next Viking football game, the upcoming “Volley 4 the Cure” match, or the annual parade the cheerleaders and pep band would be in. This buildup around one school created unification within University Place, a unification which I was blessed to grow up partaking in. As I grew up and began to truly sense the electrifying Viking spirit, a similar passion for Curtis developed in my own heart. Accordingly, once I finally reached the high school and became a Curtis cheerleader, I already knew my role of carrying on the town’s Viking spirit.

Pueblo Magnet High School has experienced success in many different ways as a community. The teachers at Pueblo Magnet High School have received numerous awards, due to their driven teachers and student body. Teachers encourage their students to engage in politics and the local government, and encourage their students to get into wellness programs. Thus, their sports teams have excelled and their student body is engaged and motivated. Therefore, Pueblo Magnet High School’s success stems from a dedicated faculty and an ambitious student body.

Throughout my high school career, I have learned that being successful in school can lead you to many different opportunities. One opportunity that I was given was that I joined my high school's Beta Club Chapter. It was an honor to be invited to join because how involved the Beta Club is with the my school, community, and state. This past year, I was selected to represent my school as I ran a campaign to become the North Carolina Beta Secretary. Although I was nervous, I opened my mouth, and the words just began to come out. My fears went away, and I addressed my peers on the topics of educational improvements and leadership opportunities, so all students can succeed. To my surprise and delight, the two thousand North Carolina Betas in

As I have spent my last four years of high school at North Gwinnett High School, I have been immersed with many opportunities to involve myself in community involvement to better the community in a place where I call home and into different corners of the world. Through boughts of community service and volunteer work within my community, I have not only gained a new, fresh image of what a community really is, but a new hope for a bigger and brighter future. Because of my experiences with volunteer work with Happy Feat, North Gwinnett High School Girls’ Lacrosse Camp, and food packs, I have learned new routes of leadership and gained new perspectives from those experiences.

As the Senior Director of Program for Junior Achievement, I have worked extensively with a broad spectrum of schools, students and educators. I have seen, firsthand the power of positive programming and the doors that are open for all students with the introduction of what is possible through education and opportunity.

I have just begun my last year at Central Middle School in Quincy, and am getting sentimental about how privileged I am to live in a city that has provided me with choices and opportunities for enrichment throughout my public school years. Quincy has eleven elementary schools, five middle schools and two public high schools, all of which benefit from community/public school partnerships. Each Quincy public school shares a common goal to prepare its students for future success. Quincy’s teachers want the students in their classrooms to be successful in ways that go beyond standardized measurements: graduation rates, grades, tests, and MCAS scores. They know that success means different things to different people and sometimes need to partner with businesses and people in the community to expand what they can offer us, beyond the bell, that will enrich our learning experiences and interests.

The Kids at Hope program started in Herndon last year. This is the second year of implementation. Kids At hope program support all students within the building shine in their talents recognize positive achievements in students, and build upon school spirit and positive culture, and more. HHS is a Kids at Hope school, along with some of our feeder schools. The motto of Kids at Hope, “All students are capable of success – No Exceptions!” has become school’s mission statement (staff add this to their email signature line). Herndon staff believes that students can be successful and realize all of their dreams, and staff is here to help them to do that. Last year the focus was “Believe”. One of the main focus this year is “connectedness” where

At my school (South Middle School), the focus is on “restorative justice and restorative practices” and “school climate and prevention”. Extending the reach to the community and giving more student leadership opportunities can make a positive difference. Because South has the vision to develop all five of the listed domains, I believe our school will evolve. With time, I’m hopeful that we develop a responsive continuum of care from K-12 district-wide.

The Power of Their Ideas is a collection of journal entries and essays by former New York City principal, Deborah Meier, who successfully created an alternative public school program. Long before the current school reform movement began Deborah Meier invested her heart and soul into creating a school environment that continues to foster to the whole child. For her, hearing the self-confident voices of children was a reminder that they are all-alike and are indeed capable of generating powerful ideas. With this as a mantra she has not only sought to build the individual student but the community as a whole.

My vision for the community I live and work in is based on the Resiliency Theory-- the belief in the ability of every person to overcome adversity if important protective factors are present in that person’s life. The Resiliency Theory is founded on the proposition that if members of one’s family, community and / or school care deeply about you, have high expectations and purposeful support for you, and value your participation you will maintain a faith in the future and can overcome almost any adversity. When a community works together to foster resiliency a large number of our youth can overcome great adversity and achieve bright futures. Focusing this writing on schools in not meant to reduce the important role of family and