Mission

— "Working Together for Excellence And Opportunity"

Vision

— Education empowers all students to successfully realize individual talents.
— At Lakota West we are committed to provide rigorous, structured learning opportunities that will promote active and life-long learning.
— Professional colleagues need to foster an honest and trusting professional relationship as they work towards achieving common goals.

Core Beliefs/Foundation Principles

— Education is empowering and provides choices.
— All students want to succeed.
— Students need to be active learners.
— All students bring different talents.
— Teaching and learning is more than curricular content.
— It’s not about me.
— Teaching is demanding, difficult and complex.
— Everyone has potential for genius only in different fields.
— Teachers are stakeholders in education.
— All students can learn how to succeed.
— Teaching can not be taught. Learning is the key to schooling. All educators are good people.
— All students can succeed, they have different faces.