The Deer Lakes Middle School will provide educational opportunities for every student to develop to their fullest potential. Students at the Middle Level, ages 10-14 have distinct physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs. We will provide educational programs designed to meet the unique needs of these students and will provide transitional learning experiences between Elementary and High School education. In order to address these needs, it is our belief that the total school staff must function as a team, along with parents, students, and the community to create a Middle School which exposes students to a wide range of educational experiences, builds and reinforces skills, and allows students to share and accept responsibility.

We also assume that students want to and need to be actively engaged in the learning process. We will develop in students the problem solving and critical thinking skills necessary to succeed in a continually changing technological society.We will create an environment that enables students to become increasingly motivated as independent and cooperative group learners in a multi-cultural society.