About Our School
Mission
Educate, Engage, and Empower military-connected students to succeed in a dynamic world.
Vision
Excellence in Education for Every Student, Every Day, Everywhere
Kaiserslautern Middle School originally opened in 1953, as Kaiserslautern American Junior High. It is part of the Kaiserslautern School District and has a student population of approximately 650. It is situated in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Kaiserslautern Middle School is located on the Vogelweh Air Base on the housing side, just down the street from Armstrong's Club. Many students attending the school either live in Vogelweh Base Housing or surrounding villages in the area.
Core Values: Student Centered: Students are at the heart of all we do.
Excellence: We strive to exceed expectations in all we do.
Continuous Improvement: Our organization, its systems, and processes will be continually reexamined and improved.
Individual Potential: Individuals develop within an environment that nurtures intellectual, physical, and creative growth.
Lifelong Learning: Learning is an active process of discovery where we cultivate curiosity, perseverance, and the desire to learn.
Shared Responsibility: Partnerships among families, students, staff, and community members are characterized by mutual commitment and collaborative effort and enrich the lives of our students.
Trust: We value relationships based on integrity, mutual respect, and open two-way communication. We cultivate a safe and risk-free culture that encourages and inspires innovation.
Strategic Goal 1 - Student Excellence
Challenge and prepare each student to maximize his or her academic growth and well-being for college, career, and life.
Strategic Goal 2 - School Excellence
Develop and sustain each school to be high-performing within a culture of innovation, collaboration, continuous improvement and caring relationships.
Strategic Goal 3 - Talent Excellence
Recruit, develop, empower and retain a high-performing workforce that reflects our student population.
Strategic Goal 4 - Organizational Excellence
Build an enduring, accountable, and responsive organization that provides appropriate resources, direction and support to accomplish the mission.
Strategic Goal 5 - Outreach Excellence
Partner with families, schools and communities to better serve students.
Literacy:
By the end of SY 2023-2024, grades 6-8 will increase by 5% students in the met or exceeded performance levels by and decrease by 3% students in the did not meet or partially met performance levels by 3% over two years and over two years as reported on the system-wide CCRSL Summative Assessment.
The KMS staff and Building Leadership Team will participate in and provide traditional and job-embedded professional learning on effective, engaging, student-centered tier 1 instruction to improve students’ written expression and reading comprehension.
Math
By the end of SY 2023-2024, grades 6-8 & Algebra 1 will increase by 5% students in the meet or exceeded performance levels and decrease by 3% students in the did not meet or partially met performance levels over two years as reported on the system-wide CCRSM Summative Assessment.
KMS Staff will participate in and provide traditional and job-embedded professional learning on effective, engaging, student-centered tier 1 instruction to improve students’ application of modeling and reasoning.
BSEL
By the end of SY 2023-2024, KMS will create and sustain a supportive and caring environment that recognizes and values all stakeholders of the KMS community. We will measure this through participation in school and community events.
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Keys of Excellence:
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Noble Knights Acts of Kindness
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Offering clubs/organizations and a variety of activities for student participation.
