Barret's Chapel Elementary School embarked upon the task of defining its beliefs and mission by engaging in a comprehensive, consensus-building process that involved administrators, teachers, support staff, parents, students, and members of the community. Committees were formed to review the school's data, particularly the students' academic data, the mission statement from Shelby County Schools, and the opinions of students, teachers, parents and community members about the quality of our school compared to the national sample, based on the NSSE's Opinion Inventories. Examination of this data helped us to identify key issues pertinent to the needs of the students and community we serve in our school.

Future trends in teaching and learning and the changing expectations of today's workplace were taken into account as we developed our beliefs and defined our mission.

Initial drafts of the belief and mission statement were distributed to all of the staff and a representative sample of students, parents, and community members for review and comment. Feedback was collected by the planning team and modifications were made based on the suggestions we received.

In the following context we have included the statement of our beliefs and mission.

Barret's Chapel Elementary School

Mission Statement

2007-2008

"Believing, Caring, Succeeding"

The misssion of Barret's Chapel Elementary School is to provide optimum educational opportunities for every student's academic, moral, social , emotional and physical achievment to facilitate success as productive members of a global society.

Beliefs Statement

2007-2008

"Believing, Caring, Succeeding"

At Barret's Chapel Elementary School, we believe:

1. All students are valued individuals with unique needs and learning is the primary concern of our students.

2. All instructional decisions are based on the educational needs of every student.

3. The school operates as an organization of learning and promotes a variety of opportunities for all those who have a stake in the success of the school.

4. Greater academic achievment will ve attained through the enhancement of students' self-esteem, development of positive relationship, cooperative behaviors and mutual respect among teachers, staff, and peers.

5. It is the reponsibility of the school and community to provide a safe and cooperative learning environment.

6. A committment to continuous professional development by the faculty and staff will result in an educational program of the highest quality.

7. An appreciation for diverse cultures will occur through activities that focus on greater understanding of different peoples and cultures

8. Through extensive practice and assessments, students will develop a proficiency in reading, writing, listening, speaking, computational skills, and the ability to apply them effectively in communication and problem solving

s9. Advanced technology skills will be achieved through continuous intergrations in all subject areas.

10. Parental involvement and community support are necessary for optimal student achievement.

11. It is the responsibility of all stakeholders to adhere to federal, state, system, and school policies and procedures and to support the identified school goals, which promote our school's mission.

Barret's Chapel Elementary School

Goals

2007-2008

Goal 1: Our Goal is to increase the TCAP writing scores from 4.1 to 4.4 or higher thatn the system score (4.4)

Goal 2: Our goal is to increase the percent of students in grades 3 (61% to 65%), 4 (53% to 57%), and 5 (36% to 40%) who tested proficient to advanced in Mathematics and to increase the mathematics gain scores in 4 & 5 to maintain or exceed the state growth standard(-0.5 or above by 2008).

Goal 3: Our goal is to increase or maintain the present attendance tate of 95.2% and target studetns who are consistently tardy by May 2007.

Mision y Creencia de la Escuela
Primaria de La Capilla de Barrets
Vision:
Creencia, compasion, exito.

Mision:

La mision de la Escuela Primaria de La Capilla de Barrets es promover optima educacion y oportunidades para cada estudiante en su ambiente academico, moral, social, emocional y desarrollo fisico para facilitar su exito como miembros productivos de una sociedad global.

Creencia:

∑ Todos los estudiantes son individuos valorados con necesidades unicas, siendo el aprendizaje la preocupacion primordial de nuestros estudiantes.
∑ Todas las decisions educativas son en base a las necesidades de cada estudiante.
∑ La escuela opera como una organizacion de aprendizaje y promueve una variedad de oportunidades para todos aquellos quienes tienen parte en el exito de la escuela.
∑ Grandes logros academicos seran alcanzados a travez del engrandecimiento de auto estima de los estudiantes, desarrollo de relaciones positivas, comportamiento cooperativo y respeto mutuo entre los maestros, personal, y los estudiantes.
∑ Es la responsabilidad de la escuela y la comunidad de proveer un ambiente seguro y de aprendizaje.
∑ Un compromiso de desarrollo profesional continuo de la Facultad y personal resultara en un programa educacional de la mas alta calidad.
∑ Una apreciacion de diversas culturas ocurrira a travez de actividades que se enfocan en un mejor entendimiento de diferentes personas y diferentes culturas.
∑ A travez de una extensa practica y asesoramiento, los estudiantes desarrollaran proficiencia en lectura, escritura, comunicacion, conversacion, conocimientos de computacion, y la habilidad de aplicarlos efectivamente en su comunicacion y solucion de problemas.
∑ Habilidaddes de technologia avanzada a travez de la integracion continua de todas las areas.
∑ Participacion de los padres y soporte de la comunidad son necesarias para el optimo desarrollo de los estudiantes.
∑ Es la responsabilidad de todos los participantes de seguir los procedimientos y reglamentos Federales, Del Estado, de Shelby County, y de la Escuela, como tambien apoyar las metas identificadas de la escuela, las cuales promueven la mision de nuestra escuela.