La Mirada Elementary School students will soar to meet new challenges and be prepared to meet all of life’s opportunities.

The La Mirada school community soars to great heights in educational excellence by providing a safe, nurturing, and stimulating learning environment that develops responsible, self-directed, and expressive individuals who are contributing members of the community. To reach these heights, all students will participate in an atmosphere of cooperation and trust that creates:

• Acceleration of student achievement
• A balanced curriculum with equal opportunities to learn and excel
• Dignity, respect, and esteem for self, one another, and each other’s culture and diversity
• Curiosity and motivation for lifelong learning
• Educational opportunities that develop the whole child
• Success-oriented opportunities for parents and the community to participate in the achievement of children