Our mission is to provide a learning-rich environment that is safe, nurturing, challenging, and rewarding.Meets the diverse needs of the whole child through a variety of teaching methods and collaborative efforts between teachers, parents, students, and community;sets high personal standards for academic excellence and responsible citizenship with staff serving as positive role models, inspires all students to have a life long love of learning.

Our school has made the Colt Commitment as our pledge for academic excellence.

C: Children First. "What's best for our kids" is top priority in all our decisions and actions.

O : Opportunities. We offer an enriched and inclusive curriculum to meet the needs and special interests of all students and to prepare them for Middle School and beyond.

L : Life-long Learning. We inspire a life-long love of learning, as modeled by our staff.

T : Teaching Excellence. We are a NCLB highly qualified teaching staff devoted to educating every child and to inspiring a passion for excellence.

S : Safety. We provide a safe physical and emotional learning environment, hallmarked by mutual care, support, respect, good citizenship, safe conduct, and personal responsibility.

We believe that every child has the ability to learn and should be given every opportunity to be successful. It is our endeavor to make those opportunities a reality for the students at Catheys Valley Elementary School.