Medart's Beliefs

• Teachers, administrators, parents, and community members share in the responsibility of student learning and make this a chief priority.
• Students need to not only demonstrate their understanding of essential knowledge and skills, but also be actively involved in solving problems and producing quality work through developing the capacity to apply their learning and reasoning skills.
• Each student is a valued individual with unique physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs. Meeting those needs is the primary focus of all decisions affecting the work, structure, and operation of the school providing students with a variety of opportunities and social mobility.
• A student's self-esteem is enhanced by positive relationships and mutual respect among and between students and staff in a safe and physically comfortable environment that promotes student learning.
• Curriculum and instructional practices, based on the Sunshine State Standards, incorporate a variety of learning activities to accommodate differences in learning styles.
• Students with exceptionalities are provided with special services and resources to meet their individual needs.