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Core Beliefs:

To provide all students with innovative learning opportunities that engage, ignite, and challenge them, we believe the following about student learning:

We believe that through love all things are possible

We believe in striving to prepare our students to be lifelong learners and responsible citizens in our current and future society.

We aim to develop a unifying culture of inquiring, knowledgeable and caring students who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.

We are dedicated to helping each student maximize his or her academic, emotional and positive social growth in order to become lifelong global learners.

We believe in building on a strong base of teamwork, respect, trust, learning, and leadership while maintaining a focus on the students so that we become an even better school for our students.

We believe that all students can learn and we must be sensitive to the diversity of their learning styles and developmental levels.

We believe that family and community involvement and support are essential to student success.

To support our students in taking control of their own future through service, citizenship, scholarship, and personal responsibility, Chisholm Trail is committed to the following:

Collaborating as teams and professional learning communities to focus on student work.

Building a culture of continuous improvement.

Being a vital part of community success and growth.

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Community

·         Coming together and working towards a common goal

·         Supporting, motivating and valuing others

·         Strong partnerships creating a genuine feeling of family

·         Appreciating and including everyone
Safety

·         Safe, caring and friendly environment

·         Protecting all from danger, risk or injury

Integrity

·         Developing hearts and minds

·         Being true, fair and honest to ourselves and others

·         Basing decisions on what is best for the greater good

·         Trying to always do our best

·         Demonstrating courage to be ourselves
Respect

·         Treating others as we wish to be treated

·         Embracing and celebrating individual and cultural diversity

·         Being open-minded and learning from others

·         Valuing ourselves and having confidence in our own identity

·         Taking care of our own and others property

·         Acknowledge, understand and support the rights of others

Responsibility
Being accountable for our words and actions-taking responsibility for the content and processes of decisions made, actions taken, and the resulting outcomes

·         Taking care of the environment

·         Contributing positively

·         Actively participating with others in sharing information and ideas toward a common goal-collaborating and teamwork.

·         Creating a stimulating learning environment

·         Striving to be dynamic world citizens

Excellence

·         In the pursuit of excellence, people take pride in their work, give their best efforts, persevere, reflect on results, and have the courage to apply this new understanding to subsequent tasks.

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The school functions
as an effective learning community and supports a climate conducive to performance excellence.

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Working alongside PTA and helping collaborate engaging family nights for students and families.

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- partner upper/lower class @ BOY to buddy read, support, encourage, etc.
- staff liaison to work with PTA
- @ BOY, hold assembly, and call out different staff/classes to kickoff the year, introduce admin, welcome back
- live announcements each day
- > parent meetings, including prior to testing

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- regular communication with families about their student's progress in school
- work alongside families (and PTA) to support students
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Students need to be able to understand the interrelatedness of global interconnections and navigate across boundaries to leverage their differences and work in a globally collaborative way.  Students will need to be creative, as well as being able to communicate, and learn to be adaptive and flexible.

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The "How" is the non-essential is where to the liberty comes in!

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The "How" is the non-essential is where to the liberty comes in!

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- model, practice, and hold others accountable for common area behavioral expectations
- care for the social-emotional well being of all students and staff
- create an environment where all are safe, respected and responsible
- support one another through strong sense of community
- intercultural understanding and respect

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- engaging, authentic lessons that allow students to be creative and stretch their understanding
- follow BISD curriculum/utilize resources
- collaboration among staff and students
- prepare students to adapt and be successful in an ever-changing global community
- educate the whole child
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method of communication with parents/families

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Leadership

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Kindness

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Teacher delivery, style & design

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In the essentials, unity; in the non-essentials, liberty; in all things, love.

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In the essentials, unity; in the non-essentials, liberty; in all things, love.