Hill-Gustat Middle School students will be thoroughly prepared so their journey through high school and beyond is successful. Our family of professionals intends to educate, model, and mentor in such a way as to maintain our high expectations. Hill-Gustat Middle School shall be a model for other middle schools and will be the preferred educational destination of students and their parents. Our beliefs are:
· All students can learn.
· Student learning is the chief priority of our school.
· Students, parents, teachers, staff, administrators, and community members share in the responsibility of providing a supportive learning environment within our school.
· Clear goals and high expectations for student achievement should guide the development of the curriculum, design of instructional strategies, and learning activities.
· Students learn in different ways and should be provided with a variety of instructional approaches to support their learning.
· Assessments of student learning should provide students with a variety of opportunities to demonstrate their achievement as well as provide authentic contexts in which to apply their learning.
· Each student is a valued individual with unique intellectual, physical, social, and emotional needs.
· In order for students to receive the full benefit of the curriculum being taught, students and their parents must make school attendance a priority. It is the parents’/guardians’ responsibility to see that their children attend school every day possible. The commitment to continuous school improvement is imperative to enable our students to become confident, self-directed, and lifelong learners. This page serves as a tool for sharing important information, emergency notices, and for highlighting the amazing faculty, staff, and students of Highlands County. While we welcome diverse views and comments relating to policy, etc. we reserve the right to remove comments that include profanity, inappropriate language, and/or personal attacks on faculty, staff, students, or families.
