Our Mission and Vision
Our Vision
JCMS students take accountability for their learning, seek joy and kindness in their lives, and use innovation to positively impact their community and our world through civic activism. Families and community members are our partners who help us ensure that all students are leaders ready for a successful future.
Our Mission
At Jamaica Children's Magnet School for Innovative Leadership & Civic Activism, we challenge all children to think critically and independently. Our students collaborate, take risks, and are accountable for their learning. Students engage in discussions with one another, complete complex tasks and utilize self-reflection. Through guidance from their teachers and individualized support, we help students discover their passions and to lead with empathy in our complex world.
Racial Equity Vision Statement
At Jamaica Children’s Magnet School for Innovative Leadership & Civic Activism, we are committed to being leaders for equity, who will work to raise the achievement of all students while eliminating disparities along lines of race. We endeavor to create a welcoming and affirming environment, where students, families and staff feel safe, accepted, valued, and their cultural identities are affirmed.
Core Values
Empathy: We care about others and strive to understand and share their feelings.
Grit: We are passionate about our goals and bravely overcome obstacles to achieve them.
Inquiry: We are curious and continuously ask questions to reach new understandings.
Creativity: We challenge ourselves, and others, to look at the world in innovative ways.
Voice: We express our ideas, feelings and beliefs, and advocate for ourselves, and others.
School Mantra
The foundation of success, for our students and our school, is rooted in our core values, which define the JCMS JAGUAR WAY.
Schoolwide Mission
Jaguar Cohorts
CEP GOALS FOR 2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR
- By June, 2024, All Students will Increase 8%, from 42% to 50%, as
measured by iReady Reading Assessment for Grades 3 to 5.
- By June, 2024, All Students will Increase 4%, from 46% to 50%, as measured by Acadience for Grades K to 2.
- By June, 2024, All Students will Increase 15%, from 45% to 60%, as measured by Fountas Pinnell Benchmark Assessment.
- By June, 2024, All Students will Increase quality of student to student discussions 15%, from 75% to 90%, as measured by NYC Survey Results.
- By June, 2024, All Students will Decrease incidents in OORS by 10, from 67 to 57, as measured by OORS Data.
- By June, 2024, All Students will Decrease 14%, from 39% to 25%, as measured by Chronic Absenteeism Rate. in the New Visions portal.
- By June, 2024, to strengthen the quality and implementation of IEPs for All Students with Disabilities (SWD), we will Increase the percentage of students fully receiving all recommended program services by 8%, from 92% to 100%, as measured by the SESIS Weekly Program Services Report.