Dear Polk Community,

As an AVID Showcase school, Polk Elementary takes a student-centered approach to teaching and learning that helps students take ownership of their educational experience. Our goal is to help students start to develop a vision for their own future and to help them be ready to achieve that future. To do that, our teachers and staff work every day to help students learn about opportunities ahead of them, believe in themselves, set goals and develop aspirations for their future, and provide students with rigorous learning opportunities to help them cultivate the knowledge, persistence, and critical thinking and self-advocacy skills to be future ready.

At Polk, we also believe that kindness is a critical ingredient to our students’ current and future success, so we strive to cultivate a culture of kindness in the classroom, on the playground, and throughout our building. It is our sincere desire that our student alumni are known not only for their college, career, and community success but also for their kindness to others.

The Polk Community is another important part of our school’s story, and we are so grateful for all of the time, energy, and support that families and neighbors give to our students to help them truly become leaders of their own learning. And as a Purple Star school, our teachers, staff, and student body are uniquely prepared to support the military-connected students and families within our community. We are grateful for the service and sacrifice of our military-connected Polk families, and we hope that Polk School can and will be a place for your students to thrive and succeed.

Here at Polk, we are one school, one team, and one community, and we look forward to working together to help your students truly become authors of their own life story and to take control of their future!

Sincerely,

Dr. Jordan K. Mangum, Principal, Polk Elementary

Polk Elementary School