DoDEA: Yokota West Elemenatary School

Principal's Message

Mission & Vision

Community Strategic Plan

Kaizen -
Continuous School Improvement

Mission & Vision:
The mission of the Yokota West Elementary School communituy is to promote academic excellence, enhance social development, foster emotional well-being and instill a passion for life long learning in order for students to be productive members in a diverse world

Student Council Mission Statement
The mission of the Yokota West Elementary School Council is to empower our students through school and community activities that are educational and fun.

Goal One:

All students will improve their writing across the curriculum.

Essence

All students will critique, analyze, and revise their own work across the curriculum to clarify it or make it more effective in communicating the intended message or thought. We will develop common vocabulary for writing across grade levels and across the curriculum. We will utilize grade-appropriate rubrics school-wide to assess student writing skills. The writing traits to be emphasized across the curriculum include Word choice; Ideas and Content; Organization; Voice; Sentence fluency; Conventions; and, Presentation.

Goal Two:

All students will increase their scientific inquiry skills across the curriculum.

Essence

Scientific inquiry skills at YWES include asking students to think as scientists and explore the world they have experienced; and to generate, evaluate, and apply data across the curriculum to answer questions they have posed. There are four phases of scientific inquiry: connecting, designing, investigating and constructing meaning.

Parent/Student Handbook

last updated: October 3, 2008