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About Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School

                                                                                         

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MLK Mission Statement:

To empower our students to reach their full potential, by promoting high expectations for academics, behavior and building positive relationships that will prepare our students to be 

successful for life. 

 

STEM Mission Statement:

  • The Martin Luther King, Jr. STEM Academy, through meaningful use of technology, engaging students in locally relevant projects-based learning with unique community partnerships, while celebrating cultural diversity to build the interpersonal competencies in STEM skills, while preparing students to be globally competitive citizens.  

MLK Vision Statement:

All students are performing at their highest potential in a safe, nurturing, and rigorous learning environment. 

Goals:  

  • To increase the daily attendance rate of teachers to 98% as evidenced by monthly attendance reports.
  • To decrease the daily tardy arrival of students and increase their average daily attendance rate to 95%.
  • To increase the participation of students with disabilities in general education classes incrementally throughout the year to reach the targeted rate of 85%.
  • To improve academic performance of our students, as measured by honors course enrollment, grades, test scores, benchmark assessment scores, and a decrease of the overall  number of tier 3 students.
  • To create a safe and nurturing school, increasing acts of cooperation, service and caring, and decreasing disruptive behavior as evidenced by a 20% decrease in referrals.
  • To increase parent and community involvement as evidenced by attendance at all school related activities held on and off campus.

 

 

 

MLK’s Core Values, Motto, Theme, and Slogan
Our school values are Respect, Responsible, Kind, and Safe.  We must teach our students what respect is in a learning environment, because respect can look totally different in a neighborhood setting. Our students must also be responsible for their actions with academics and behavior. As educators we assume that students come to school with certain values and when we discover that isn’t the case, we become frustrated. It is totally unfair to the student. We must meet our students where they are and educate the whole child. Finally, we must teach our students what kindness looks and sounds like, by modeling it every single day for them, with them and among ourselves. In addition, our number one priority is safety. It is everyone’s responsibility to make sure that our students are safe and feel safe in the building.

Our school motto is “I Am King” This is to instill in our students and the staff that everything they do and say reflects the school. We must be deliberate with modeling expectations for our students on a daily basis and be consistent with our actions and expectations. This year, I have added more common language and procedures that everyone will follow. They can be located in the MLK Culture and Climate Handbook. 

Our school theme is,”Teach With Direction - G.P.S: ”. Guide: We’ll mentor each other with intention, set clear goals, and offer unwavering support. Perform: We’ll commit to rigorous learning, celebrate achievement, and strive for excellence. Shift: We’ll embrace adaptability—learning from both our successes and challenges.We have consistently improved our SOLs over 8 years, with our greatest increase in history and reading over a 2 year period. This year we improved in all four core areas: math, reading, science and history. This proves that our students are more than capable of succeeding.

Our school slogan for the 2025-2026 School Year is ‘Accountability for all”. Students will commit to timely attendance, positive behavior, and ownership of learning. Staff will maintain high standards through reflective teaching, clear feedback, and data-driven planning. Administrators will offer strong leadership, listen carefully, and ensure we have the support to succeed.

Our values speak to the restorative justice belief of what one person does affect another person, whether you know them or not, everyone in the universe is connected on some level (synergy).. We must support each other, in order to improve the culture and climate of the school and provide the best learning environment for our students to be successful, while in school and beyond.

 

 

Additional Information:

Established:

Grand Opening January 6, 2014

Built:

Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School was built October 2012.

Theme:

GPS (Guide, Perform, Shift) Accountability for All

Vision:

All students are performing at their highest potential in a rigorous learning environment.

Motto:

"I Am King"

Mascot:

Titans

Colors:

Blue & White