UAS Beliefs

1. Students need to respect themselves and others and strive to maintain high standards of ethical and moral behavior.
2. Students need to be responsible for their own behavior/conduct and must demonstrate good manners and positive attitudes towards others and towards learning.
3. Students must develop a discipline that comes from within and which is responsive and responsible to authority and to the need for rules and regulations.
4. Students must take responsibility for their own learning and achievement and understand that significant learning does not occur without major personal effort, perseverance, and hard work.
5. Students need to make a positive contribution to society.
6. Students need to participate in a wide range of school activities which allow them to become well-rounded individuals, and prepares them for the world they live in.
7. Students need to develop their whole being, exhibiting intellectual curiosity, social awareness, high moral and ethical standards, and physical abilities based on sound fitness principles.
8. Parents must be actively involved in their child's schooling experience.
9. Educators need to provide a safe and nurturing learning environment for all students.
10. Educators need to be professionally competent and possess the essential knowledge, understandings, attitude, and skills to effectively teach and lead . . . they must be highly qualified.
11. Educators must be held responsible for ensuring high achievement levels are actively and continually sought for every student and that every student experiences academic success.
12. Educators must be caring and supportive of students, parents, and colleagues.
13. Educators must clearly understand they are constantly role models and therefore, must exhibit the very best behavior/conduct for students.
14. Educators must be aware of the cultural differences that make students who and what they are.
15. School leaders need to be supportive of students, teachers, and parents and provide the necessary incentives and guidance essential for strengthening the teaching and learning environment.
16. School leaders must be actively engaged in managing the staff professional development program and designing said program to enhance the instructional and assessment techniques, strategies, methods, and practices associated with effective teaching.