Mission

Ellington Magnet @ PS 140Q Mission Statement

The mission of the Ellington Magnet School, Success for Every Student, requires that our school community support an educational system that has as its focus on the best interests of each individual student. Ellington Magnet is committed to providing an array of programs, opportunities and services that will support all students as they endeavor to meet the challenges of excelling in a rigorous academic curriculum, communicating in an environment of respectful social interaction and developing their interests and talents.

Ellington Magnet @ PS 140Q Vision

To support a diverse learning community that meets the needs of all students by offering a broad, challenging, and engaging curriculum and by enhancing educational partnerships. To provide students with the knowledge, skills and support to become college and/or career ready and productive global citizens.

Ellington Magnet @ PS 140Q Instructional Focus and Principal Priorities

Instructional Focus:

In alignment with the Chancellor’s Instructional Principles and District 28 Foci and Priorities If we continue to unpack and utilize the Next Generation Learning Standards and 5 Magnet Pillars (Diversity, Innovative Curriculum, Professional Development, Academic Excellence, High-Quality Instructional Systems, and Family and Community Partnerships) to collaboratively design rigorous, relevant, coherent units of study then:

Students will make a deeper connection to their learning through effective guided reading practices, intentional use of vocabulary across all content areas, and engaging in student-centered discussions using discussion protocols.
Teachers will engage students across grade levels by data-supporting grouping.
Families will engage in workshops and learning opportunities that will enable their voices to be part of the instructional foci of the school.

Principal’s Priority (ies)/Focus:

To create a place of learning that will explore and provide for every aspect of students’ capacities for learning by developing a broad, challenging and engaging curriculum .
To provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary for the twenty-first century.
Educate the “whole child” through SEL initiatives. Build emotional balance and resilience in students.
Foster and encourage communication, understanding and participation of the entire school community to enhance educational partnerships.

DISTRICT 28
Vision | Mission | Goals

Vision

In Community School District 28 we celebrate our differences because we understand that woven into those differences is the knowledge that they offer us unlimited possibility to learn and expand our knowledge of and commitment to all humanity. We are beautifully diverse, coming from countless racial, ethnic, language, and belief backgrounds.We commit to striving for inestimable contribution to the lives of our scholars.

Mission

In Community School District 28 we focus on equity as a lever for achievement for every single scholar. We are a district of excellence. We commit to every school maintaining high academic standard and working closely with families so that all scholars are learning at high levels. We also commit to being a district of learners ensuring that we promote critical thinking rooted in core content conceptual understanding through creative problem solving, technology innovation, social emotional learning, and community advocacy.