Mission statement

Dogwood’s mission is to ensure students can and will communicate and solve problems, meet all NCLB benchmarks, and demonstrate effective citizenship and social skills.

Dogwood's Beliefs

• Higher level learning, instruction, and assessment must be closely aligned to meet or exceed our NCLB goals.

• Representative groups of stakeholders must be involved in the decision-making process to ensure the accomplishment of our mission.

• Students must be knowledgeable of and sensitive to multicultural needs to be successful in a global society.

• District, state, and federal policies must be followed by all Dogwood staff and faculty.

• Research-based strategies and differentiated instruction will meet the needs of varying exceptionalities.

• An effective school has shared purposes, collaboration, and collective responsibility for student success.

Dogwood's Vision

The vision is for our students to be productive, educated citizens who can communicate effectively in a technological, academic, and social society and work to ensure the community shares in our mission.

Prioritized Target Goals

• Increase instructional time by increasing yearly attendance to a rate equal to or higher than 97.1%, by reducing tardiness and early dismissals to less than one event per day per classroom, and by minimizing interruptions to instruction.

• Increase academic gains on TCAP for: fifth grade reading /math and fourth/fifth grade APEX. Increase performance level to 100% achieving the proficient level and above.

• Implement a school-wide structured writing program to improve readiness and move at least 2% of fifth grade students to the next competency level (limited to competent; competent to strong; strong to outstanding) on the Tennessee Writing Assessment.