About us

Thornton Middle School's mission is to engage and inspire all students to innovate, achieve and succeed in a safe environment by ensuring high-quality instruction in every classroom, every day.

Here at Thornton Middle School, we value that:

• Relationships come first

  • Positive intent- 

  • Empathy
     

• Instruction time is sacred

  • Bell to bell instruction, students learn most in class
     

• Teachers are masters of curriculum and instruction
   

• Best outcomes are reached when we:

  • Collaborate

  • Intentionally plan

  • Leverage Data

  • Employ culturally responsive and inclusive practices
     

• All people can and want to learn

  • All behaviors communicate a need
     

• Best outcomes happen when teams design within given constraints