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TLI 10th Grade Education SeminarPeriod ______

The Ideal School Project: Mission Statement

Directions: A mission statement serves as an introduction. It officially states the theme of your school and reveals the spirit of what the school is about. In a general sense, it describes what the school is like and what principles it stands for. A mission statement should be emotional, moving, even inspirational, so your school is portrayed in a way that it is attractive to the person seeing it for the first time.

Your assignment requires that each team member write down answers to the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. These answers must be handed in by each team member. They must be written in complete sentences. Then, based on these answers, you must write an eloquent (well written, moving) mission statement which introduces us to your Ideal School.

PARAGRAPH #1 Theme For Your School

  • What will be the theme for your high school (or the “Magnet” programs?
  • What kinds of things will your students be interested in who choose your school
  • How many students will be in your school?
  • How many students will be in each grade?
  • Why is your school better than all the others?

PARAGRAPH #2 Environment At Your School

  • What are the problems in world today (that you’ve taken from current events)?
  • What kinds of lessons will be taught based on these problems?
  • What kind of teachers will you have at your school?
  • Describe the environment in your classes.
  • Describe the relationship between students and teachers. How will each group treat the other?
  • What kind of role will parents play in their children’s education?

PARAGRAPH #3 Values/Principles Of Your School

  • What principles or values does your school stand for? (See paragraph 3 in the model)
  • What kind of role should your students play in the community? (Describe how they should act)
  • What kinds of goals do you want your students to have for the future?
  • What kind of person do you want your students to be in the future?

PARAGRAPH #4 Community Resources and Challenges

  • What are the resources in your community?
  • What are the challenges in your community?
  • How will you use your community resources to address those challenges?
  • How will your courses during the day try to have impact on these challenges?