At its most essential, th e idea of Engagement is that children will be their best when they are curious and confident and have teachers who are passionate and joyful in helping them. More fully stated , we believe that an educational experience where students are highly engaged and challenged to achieve mastery, built upon a foundation of strong relationships, is integral to our mission to educate the next generation.

In MPCSD, we want Engagement to look like classrooms that are dynamic and full of children attentively questioning, collaborating, researching, and making. We want children to have voice and choice in how they learn, meaning they might have an array of options from which to choose in showing their mastery of a concept. We want families that are involved with their child's learning, whether this means volunteering on campus, joining a parent committee, donating to support our schools, attending parent-teacher meetings or school events, asking children about their experience, and/or understanding what is going on at their child's school. We want teachers who feel supported and encouraged to keep up their own learning journey and free to bring new ideas for content delivery to the classroom. We want site and district administrative teams that facilitate healthy staffs and provide the basis for curriculum to be taught in the most accessible, learner-centered ways possible, even if that looks different in different teachers' rooms.

Engagement is a Core Value because it is crucial to the healthy functioning of every aspect of our educational system. We strive to keep all our stakeholders engaged in helping children be their best because that is when we can truly deliver our vision.