DOCUMENTS TO DOWNLOAD

• Parent Handbook (PDF)
• Principal's Newsletter (PDF)
• DoDEA Curriculum Standards
• DDESS Home Page Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools
• DoDEA Home Page Department of Defense Education Activity

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS

Click on the links below to see the AIS School Improvement Plans for School Year
(Click on the mouse to advance slides)

MISSION STATEMENT 

Antilles Intermediate School, in partnership with our community, is committed to educating all students intellectually, emotionally, socially and physically by providing the skills and strategies needed to meet the challenges of our dynamic, global environment. 

VISION 

Antilles Intermediate School will continue to be an exemplary learning environment, which supports students' intellectual, emotional, social, and physical development through the cooperative, creative, and dedicated efforts of its staff and community. 

INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS 

All Antilles Intermediate School students will show growth in the areas of language and mathematical literacy.  Emphasis for language literacy will be on extended meaning and writing strategies/editing skills.  The mathematical literacy emphasis will be on communication and problem solving/reasoning.  Implementation of this school wide focus will be achieved by teaching students how to interpret prompts and develop constructed responses.  Student growth will be measured via the Terra Nova Test and in-house alternative assessment. 

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES 

Instruction in interpreting and developing constructed responses is our school-wide strategy.  Skills that will be enhanced include the ability to answer open-ended questions, make inferences, reason deductively, extended meaning, solve problems, and interpret graphs.  This strategy addresses the skills prompted by the Terra Nova Test. 

BELIEF STATEMENTS 

• We believe that all students can learn and be successful. 

• We believe that public education is the primary means through which our democracy provides the opportunity for its citizens to reach beyond the economic, social and intellectual circumstances into which they are born. 

• We believe that learning and behavior are dependent on self-concept. 

• We believe that staff should have freedom in their work in order to achieve the district's objectives and should be held accountable for the results of their work. 

• We believe that the Antilles Intermediate School, in concert with the family and other social institutions, should play a central role in preparing and motivating all students to assume the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. 

• We believe that students have an obligation to learn by taking advantage of appropriate educational opportunities. 

• We believe that education must result in the development of both creative and critical thinking skills. 

• We believe that community involvement is vital to a public school. 

• We believe that educators should accommodate individual differences in learning rates, reading styles and learning needs and by implementing multiple and emotional intelligence theories.  January 7, 2007

  We believe that schools should be caring, student-centered, success-oriented learning environments. 

• We believe that education should broaden cultural awareness and develop understanding and respect for people who think, speak and live in different ways. 

• We believe that the school has the opportunity to foster the highest level of moral conduct of students and staff. 

• We believe in the dignity of work and that every student should acquire skills to compete successfully in the free enterprise system. 

• In the attempt to reach the above beliefs, we must consider the unique characteristics and needs of early childhood as well as the nature of the learning process.  We are constantly searching for more effective ideas and tools in order to attain the highest level of accomplishment.  An evaluation of existing and innovative methods of educational practice, that is, identification and consideration of individual learning styles, is an ongoing process. 

January 7, 2007ate -->is stressed to balance the development of the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains.  Evaluation of each child's individual strengths and needs is a very important part of the educational process.  A variety of evaluative tools are used to ensure that each child's needs are met. 

• The responsibility for the educational process is encouraged in the cooperative efforts of the child, the teacher, the administrators, support personnel and the parents.

•  A constant review of our mission and beliefs ensures that our students are provided with the necessary educational tools to deal effectively with life in a constantly changing and demanding future.