Irving Core Values:

RESPECT

RESPONSIBILITY

INTEGRITY

Mission Statement:

At the Washington Irving Middle School, we believe all students are capable of learning, thinking and developing their social-emotional skills beyond their expectations.  Irving students adapt a growth mindset and demonstrate our school core values: respect, responsibility, and integrity.  Irving staff cultivate a safe, loving and engaging learning environment that encourages all students to take risks as they seek knowledge.   As a result, Irving students will become passionate lifelong learners who apply their thinking skills beyond our classrooms to solve and address injustices in their communities.  

Mission to L.O.V.E.:

As a staff we commit to Living Out our Vision of Excellence (LOVE) through:

• Developing individual relationships with students to understand their strengths, aspirations, and areas where they need support to grow

• Supporting our students’ personal, social and emotional development while intentionally disrupting the school to prison pipeline

• Planning well structured, engaging, standards-based lessons that are academically engaging while challenging and meeting each student where they are

• Modeling a growth mindset for students

• Modeling our core values for students

• Engaging authentically in professional learning opportunities

• Modeling effective collaboration and communication to improve outcomes for students