Argonne ES Mission and Vision

At Argonne, every child is known, valued, heard, and empowered to thrive. Together with families and community partners, we cultivate curious, compassionate, and engaged learners who celebrate diversity, act with honesty, embrace challenge, and collaborate and persevere.

We envision our students belonging to and helping shape a strong and connected community. We inspire them to take responsibility for caring for our shared environment and to see themselves as stewards of the world around them.

We believe every child deserves the opportunity to learn through joy and discovery, to belong, and to make a positive difference in the world.

We create the conditions for every child to belong, learn, grow, and make a difference by:
–Building belonging and strong relationships
–Providing joyful, rigorous, and engaging learning
–Developing curiosity, character, collaboration, and perseverance
–Partnering with families and community
–Cultivating responsible environmental stewards

The community’s global non-negotiables that must be honored while in pursuit of the vision.

Student-Centered: We put students' needs first with a focus on the whole child.

Fearless: We persist through challenges with humility, transparency, and a growth mindset.

United: We celebrate and build on each other's strengths and differences to collectively achieve excellence as a district. 

Social Justice: We stand with those who are most impacted by systems of oppression and actively change those systems within our district.

Diversity-Driven: We respect and seek to understand each person to be an inclusive and anti-racist district.