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Statement of Philosophy
Dear Parents/Guardians:
The administration, faculty and staff of Tomah Middle School welcome you and your child to our great school! It is our sincere hope that your child will find this year challenging, rewarding and exciting.
Our major goal is for each student to reach his/her greatest potential. We urge you to be our partner in this effort. It is the combined responsibility of homes, school and community to help students become responsible adults in society.
Our mission is to ensure excellence and opportunity for our students. It is our intent to foster for every student a positive attitude toward self and learning, an ability to think creatively and critically, communicate effectively, welcome diversity in people and contribute positively to our community.
This handbook contains very important information. The policies, procedures and expectations described are reasonable and necessary for maintaining a quality learning environment. Please read this handbook with your child. Being familiar with the contents is everyone’s responsibility.
Tomah Middle School is our home away from home. Let’s be proud of it!
Amy Langner - Principal Amy King - Assistant Principal
The Board of Education believes that the school, as an educational institution of our social system, has been organized to promote the aims and objectives of our democratic society. The Board believes that each person should be accepted into the educational program as is, and that she/he should be provided with a stimulating environment and opportunities for learning experiences designed to promote behavioral development that will effect continuing satisfactory adjustments to life. We believe each child is unique, and that the school must offer varied experiences and a wide range of acceptable standards to take these differences into account. We believe the school must provide experiences with regard for their effect upon all aspects of the learner’s development— intellectual, emotional, physical and social. We believe that since our society is a democracy, the school must provide the students with experiences which will: (1) help them achieve academic competence; (2) help them to become sensitive to problems of common welfare in the family, the school and the community, the nation and the world; (3) teach them to work with others in the solution of these problems; (4) develop their feelings of individual responsibility for the common welfare; and (5) help them to act in harmony with what he/she says or believes. We must believe that each child has worth and dignity, and that the school must continue to develop in the students, the understanding that with the privilege of public education, goes the acceptance of responsibility for participating in the improvement of society.
