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Our Mission: Our Core Purpose


 

 

We are an international, connected community that boldly and passionately supports every student.

 

Our Vision: What We Intend to Create
As a premier school district of choice, Fridley Public Schools is a learning community through:

Empowering Individual Potential

  • Amplify, challenge, and embrace the individual journey of each learner, helping them forge a compelling path to reach their highest potential both inside and outside the classroom.

Educational Community and Commitment

  • Our world-class professional workforce is dedicated to collaboration and best-practice education, embraces our dedication to Fridley Public Schools that fosters a deep sense of pride and respect, ensuring a safe, and supportive, environment where everyone belongs.

Family and Community Partnerships

  • We build strong partnerships with families that enhance the educational experience through positive interactions, open and honest communication, and honoring diverse perspectives.

Celebrating Success

  • Through regular celebrations of achievements and positive experiences, we cultivate an environment of encouragement and school spirit, reinforcing our identity as a vibrant and cohesive community, "We are Fridley Strong."
Strategic Directions: Focus of Our Improvement Efforts
Hayes students participate in a strategic planning focus group

Hayes and Stevenson students answered questions like: "What are you excited about for your future?" and "How could your school help you feel more prepared?"

Our Core Values: Drivers of Our Words and Actions

Belonging: Every colleague, every student, and every family is welcomed and valued.

Rigor: We provide learning experiences in which every student is challenged, engaged, and develops a greater ownership of their learning through increasingly complex levels of understanding.

Evaluation: We use data, science and measurable outcomes to ensure we meet our goals.

Stewardship: We are thoughtful and responsible with our resources.

Partnership: Together we achieve more than alone.

 

Fridley’s Land Acknowledgement Statement

We collectively acknowledge that Minnesota is located on the traditional, ancestral, contemporary and occupied lands of the Ojibwe Anishinaabe and Daḳota Oyate Indigenous peoples. We make this acknowledgement to honor and respect the Daḳota Oyate and Ojibwe Anishinaabe people, the original stewards of lands and waters, their ancestors, descendants, traditions as well as the land itself. We have a moral responsibility to advocate and be in alliance with our Indigenous communities as we continue our equity and inclusion journey.