"Our mission at John Pettibone School will be accomplished when:

· Students demonstrate high self-esteem as a learner and person.

· Students demonstrate self-direction as a learner.

· Students demonstrate diverse processing skills, including:

  communication skills
 
  cooperation skills

  decision making ability

  group skills

  problem solving ability

· Students demonstrate acquisition of New Milford’s Common Core of Learning.

· Students demonstrate concern for others.

· Students demonstrate concern for the environment."

JPS STUDENT MISSION STATEMENT

· We, the students of JPS, strive to be respectful persons and responsible learners.

· We believe that respect should be shown toward all adults, other children and our school environment.

· We understand that it is our responsibility to work hard individually and as a student body to achieve good grades and to reach our school wide goals for math, reading and writing.

· Individually, each of us must fully participate in our learning by paying attention, studying and completing all work on time.

· Together, we must cooperate in groups by sharing thoughts and ideas and by accepting other’s opinions.

· We understand that this mission can only be accomplished if each one of us does our part.

· We commit ourselves to reaching these goals