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Welcome to Mount Rose K - 8
We are very excited at the opportunity to be a part of your child's most important educational years!Our main goal for the upcoming school year is to educate every child to his or her full potential and to maximize opportunity to achieve the highest of all standards.
Mount Rose Mission Statement: "Mount Rose aims to collaboratively create a community of intercultural understanding by guiding students to become leaders who are challenged to reach their highest potential. A focus on interdisciplinary instruction based on standards, inquiry, and service learning will inspire students to become reflective and compassionate citizens who will help create a more peaceful and educated world."
"Data reveals that test scores of students who enter stand-alone middle school experience significant drops in their math and English scores on standardized tests compared to their K-8 counterparts." - Education Next, 2011
Research on K-8 Schools "The POSITIVE EFFECTS of small school size on attitudes and satisfaction, extra-curricular participation, attachment to school, and attendance have been confirmed by decades of research." - Fowler, 1992
