Sherwood Forest Vision Statement

At Sherwood Forest, we are a team of learners who work cooperatively and persistently towards our goals in college, career, and life.

We commit to character development through:

• The use of the three personal standards (make good decisions, solve problems, show respect) throughout the school.
• Focusing on the “Virtue of the Month” to support continual character development.
• Addressing others by name.

We commit to college readiness through:

• Speaking and writing in complete sentences.
• Always putting forth our best effort, including staying on task, listening to others, using college vocabulary, working cooperatively, and showing persistence with difficult tasks.
• Seeing that every student will be proficient in every subject.

We commit to consistent school wide routines through:

• Meeting students at the door and greeting them by name every morning.
• Beginning the first 20 days of the school year with school-wide class meeting lessons.
• Fostering independence in students.

We commit to positive behavior management through:

• A positive behavior management plan that includes pre-established guidelines for management of behaviors for effective use of our Guidance Team.
• Being self-managers of our own behaviors and demonstrating behaviors that will help students be successful in college, career and life.
• Using positive reinforcement techniques to promote confidence and clearly establishing and recognizing those positive behaviors in our students that will help them become successful in college, career and life.