Darden Elementary School
Our School
REGION HIGH SCHOOL:
Adams
REGION MIDDLE SCHOOL:
Jefferson
REGION K-8 OPTION:
Edison K-8
DISTRICT-WIDE PROGRAMS:
Lasalle, Marquette, Clay IA
WHO WE ARE
OUR MISSION
Darden Elementary School provides a safe environment in which the school community works together to celebrate diversity, recognize the individuality of students, promote the development of self-motivated citizens, and improve academic achievement.
OUR VISION
The Darden Elementary School community will:
- Provide for the academic, social and emotional development of all students.
- Encourage students to become creative problem solvers and critical thinkers.
- Appreciate and respect the diversity within our community.
- Encourage the stakeholders and shareholders to take part in the decision-making process.
- Provide a learning environment in which all children are given an equal opportunity to be successful.
- Provide a curriculum that focuses instruction on academic standards and increases student achievement.
- Support and enhance the curriculum and instruction using technology.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Boys and Girls Club After School Programming
- Environmental Studies utilizing our courtyard, garden boxes, 9 areas of trails in woods and a prairie
- Robotics
- Choir
- Sports
- Title I Services