Pierce Downer School’s Success – A Winning Team!

Welcome to Pierce Downer School where we cooperate and support each other as we work toward success.   In fact, we have actually been so successful that the Blue Ribbon Award for Academic Excellence was awarded to the school last year by the U.S. Department of Education! Our noteworthy success at Pierce Downer School derives from hard work, sincere support, and careful planning.  Fortunately, we have a very dedicated School Improvement Team to establish and guide our curricular emphasis.  For instance, throughout this school year, we will continue our school improvement goals of reading, writing, and differentiated instruction.  We aspire to demonstrate sustained and continuous improvement here at Pierce Downer School. 

The students are truly the vital key to Pierce Downer School’s excellent reputation on the local, state, and national levels.  In fact, Pierce Downer students are absolutely amazing.  I can honestly state that I have never worked in a better school during my career.  A large part of my job satisfaction derives from the people with whom I work:  students, their parents, and the staff.  While new opportunities and challenges arrive each school year, this staff’s steadfast goal is assisting each student’s success.   As the principal of Pierce Downer, I share in the excitement, high expectations, and careful planning for a successful and beneficial year of learning for each and every student here. 

Each year as a faculty we focus on a theme to help guide us as a school community.   Since many of us avidly watched the Olympics in August, we were reflecting on the skill, practice and commitment required to earn success in the pool, on the balance beam, and even in school.   As a result, “Pierce Downer School – A Winning Team” is our theme this year because it captures the very essence of this school community’s commitment to support each student’s academic growth.  It truly takes all of us working together as a team to make Pierce Downer such a special learning and caring place.

Please review our school’s calendar since we welcome our community members to join us at our special events.  In fact, we wish to express our sincere gratitude for the support and guidance that the parents and community members provide in and outside the school environment.  Our students experience many unique school and community opportunities that greatly enrich their lives due to the efforts of the school’s staff and local adults.  We at Pierce Downer School  recognize that all of us working together toward important goals and committing ourselves to being the best we can be are the main ingredients to creating a winning team!

Respectfully,
Dr. Lisa Mondale