Springfield Middle School: Home of the Yellow Jackets!
  1. All children can learn and teachers will hold high expectations for all students.
  2. School should be a safe, positive learning environment that enhances our students' understanding of the world.
  3. A child's education is the shared responsibility of the school, home, and community.
  4. Students need to develop and enhance positive attitudes, organizational skills, a sense of responsibility, and technology skills to be successful in our social and economic world.
  5. Assessment of student progress should be ongoing and used to determine instructional strategies that are research based and value and support a variety of learning styles.
  6. Instruction at Springfield Middle School is driven by the data provided the TCAP and ThinkLink tests. This information allows teachers to maximize learning for each and every student.
  7. School policies should be goal oriented for all students in order to experience measurable success. All stakeholders will be involved in development of school policy.
  8. Decision-making is the shared process that includes the principal, parent advisory committee, faculty, and other appropriate stakeholders.
  9. The school should provide opportunities for expression of creative talents in music and the arts.
  10. The school should provide special services and resources for exceptional students.