Vista Verde Middle School
Mission Statement

VISION/MISSION

            The adopted vision of both Paradise Valley Unified School District and Vista Verde Middle School is “to set high standards for student achievement in a college-ready environment that instills a sense of community.  All students will acquire a thirst for learning through challenging and engaging content that is crafted to propel them into the 21st century, confident, poised and prepared with skills that will endure the test of time and ensure individual excellence and success.  We believe:

• ALL students can achieve, and ALL means ALL.
• The individual student is our main focus.
• The highest quality educators guarantee the highest quality education.
• Parents are partners and valued resources in the educational process.
• A global mindedness is essential for students.
• Technology plays a critical role in the lives and success of our students.
• Community and business partnerships are essential.”

            The mission of both PVUSD and Vista Verde is to “cultivate, lead, and inspire world-class, innovative thinkers and expert communicators through a focus on the relationship between educator and student built around challenging, meaningful, and engaging curriculum.”

            At Vista Verde, we have also adopted a school-wide learner profile, which details the character traits we expect all learners to exhibit, understanding that this character development takes time.  We expect Vista Verde Learners to be:

• inquirers
• knowledgeable
• thinkers
• communicators
• principled
• open-minded
• caring
• learning-risk takers
• balanced
• reflective.

We are so invested in this philosophy that the learner profile attributes are painted on our cafeteria walls.

            Because Vista Verde began as a school in 1989, the mission and vision statements have gone through several incarnations over time as staffs changed, principals changed, and times have changed though the student has always been the heart of our mission and vision.  We have a school Leadership Team that oversees our School Action plan, which includes our mission, vision and goals.  This year PVUSD has a new Superintendent, who has crafted a mission and vision adopted by the Governing Board.  We felt that it was extremely important to align our statements with those of the District.

The Leadership Team met to discuss the adoption of the District vision/mission statement for Vista Verde.  All teachers had an opportunity to provide input before the statements were adopted.  Because of our belief in the power of school, family and community partnerships, we have multiple opportunities for stakeholders to provide meaningful input focused on student learning.