*******THURGOOD MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL: A TEXAS RECOGNIZED SCHOOL*******
 
Thurgood Marshall Learning Community will create and support a strong school culture that ensures success for every student in every classroom everyday.

Our belief is that together students, parents, community, and educators will make a difference in creating opportunities for student success. Thurgood Marshall High School, a learning community, where learning is the main event and where equity, quality, and excellence are the standards in which we choose to measure our success.
 

Staff:
 
We believe the entire learning community is our customer and our sole purpose is to serve; therefore we value and embrace parental and community involvement. Getting along with people is the single most important talent we bring to our profession.
 
We believe all children can learn regardless of difficult circumstances and that learning is a life-long experience.
 
We believe that within every student encounter, there are teaching opportunities available.
 
Every appropriately behaved student who attends TMHS with at least 97% daily attendance will achieve a minimum 1.5 years of academic and social growth.
 
Ninety-percent of TMHS students earning tenth grade status will test on or above grade level in the following: areas- written expression, reading and math computation.
 
We believe in empowering people and fostering opportunities for personal and professional growth for all students and staff.
 
We support best practices through discussion with teachers concerning instructional issues, classroom observations of instruction and by guiding the use of data to evaluate the progress of the school.
 
We will teach to TEKS objectives identified in our departmental instructional calendars.
 
We will master and integrate all leading indicators identified.
---informal formative assessment
---re-teach / employing flexible grouping strategies
---redirect inappropriate behavior employing coupling statements
 
We will frequently assess student mastery of outcomes in a variety of ways and will provide students with many opportunities to demonstrate mastery of those concepts.
 
We will work collaboratively in developing instructional strategies, designing methods of assessment, and advancing the vision of the learning community.
 
We will model the self-discipline, self-motivation, and commitment to high quality work that we hope to develop in our students.
 
We will insure an orderly, learning, and friendly environment.
 
We will seek not only to be understood, but also to understand through frequent communications with students, parents, and colleagues.
 
We will seek not to win, but resolve disagreements within our learning community.
 
We will treat all members of the learning community with dignity and respect.
 
Parents:
 
I will establish high expectations for my student. I will not accept minimum effort or indifference to quality work.
 
I will know what is expected in each of my student's classes.
 
I will insist on good attendance (mininum 97%).
 
I will provide a quiet place and time in our home for study (2 hours, Monday thru Thursday and weekends, whatever it takes).
 
I will encourage my student to become actively involved in the co-curricular program of the school.
 
I will be actively involved in the school and supportive of its work.
 
I will express my appreciation to school staff members who go above and beyond the call of duty.
 
I will model the importance of life-long learning.