Contact:
Phone: (818) 882-2496
Fax: (818) 882-7198
info@jamesjordanms.com
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At James Jordan Middle School, collaborative relationships with students and families are needed to provide the best possible opportunities for each student. Each partner makes promises to support the learning community:
James Jordan Middle School PROMISES:
To provide a challenging grade level curriculum based on the California State Standards delivered with engaging student-centered teaching methods.
To maintain a highly-qualified teaching staff that responds promptly to parent calls or notes
To provide an arts program with choices for the students
To provide assistance and intervention plans for students who are struggling to meet the course objectives
To provide a safe caring atmosphere for all students
To prepare students and families to advocate for and succeed at a college preparatory High School experience
To compassionately enforce the highest standards of personal character for all of its staff, employees, vendors and students.
To share decision-making opportunities with all stakeholders
To build relationships and opportunities that strengthen the local community
To encourage students to envision themselves as successful college graduates and active members of their community
To help make James Jordan Middle School a place where all people feel safe, respected, and ready to learn, the student PROMISES:
To learn from my mistakes and to take responsibility for the consequences
To develop a strong personal character, such as being hard-working, fair, honest, considerate, polite, and determined to make the world a better place.
To exercise my mind by reading at least 20 challenging books during the school year.
To dream about the kind of life that I want to have and the kind of college experience that would help me make that life possible.
To work hard, but also ask for help when I need it
To let a trusted adult know when I am having trouble or when I am unhappy or if I know of a friend or classmate that needs help.
To think about how other people feel and not bully or tease anyone I know.
To give at least 10 hours per year of activities to help improve my school, neighborhood or the world.
The student's parent or guardian PROMISES:
To encourage my child to see mistakes as a natural part of the learning process but to also accept that there can be consequences that result from my child making poor choices.
To attend at least two in-person conferences with my child's teachers each year.
To respond promptly to phone calls or notes from the school or teachers
To provide a quiet place for my child to do homework every night and to check to make sure that homework is completed before it is due
To get my child to school on-time, carrying the needed supplies, in uniform and ready to learn after a good night's sleep
To ask my child about the books that they are reading and to make sure that they are finishing at least two appropriate books per month during the school year.
To make a sincere effort to give 15 hours of service to the school each year.
To try to work things out with a teacher before reporting the problem to the administration.
To support the school's discipline policy, including that bullying and teasing is treated as seriously as a physical attack.
To provide the school with all the information that they need to help my child be successful.
To seek help from the school if I need support in fulfilling any of these promises.
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