The administration, staff and parents of the King Elementary School believe that children should come first and that all children can learn and achieve the high educational standards that are set forth for them with sufficient time, clear expectations, effort and effective teaching practices.

We believe that the single-most deciding factor in student achievement is parental involvement and community engagement.

We believe that all learning should be standards-driven with curriculum of academic rigor to enable students to become life-long learners and productive members of society.

We believe that decisions about teaching and learning should be data-driven to help increase student achievement.

We believe that to accomplish these goals it is essential that there be constant and continuous communication between administrators, teachers, parents, and community leaders.

We believe that each child should develop into a self-motivated, resourceful problem solver and become an individual who is accountable and responsible for his/her own behavior. It is necessary, therefore, that they become individuals who respect themselves, adults, other children, and other cultures.

We believe that it is the responsibility of the many stakeholders at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School to be models of the high expectations and standards that we anticipate from the children.