The community of Robert R. Lazar Middle School is committed to providing students with the highest quality education, which includes academic success, enhanced self-esteem, and respect for individual differences, thus creating in adolescents both a strong foundation and desire for continued learning.

The teaching staff of the Robert R. Lazar Middle School understands its role as a middle school, and builds upon the middle school philosophy to create a living educational environment where students can flourish in an accepting and nurturing atmosphere. In pursuing this vision teachers and administrators understand their responsibility to continue researching, learning and implementing effective methods of educating middle level students. Utilizing effective techniques of instruction such as cooperative learning, addressing multiple intelligences, alternative assessment and the utilization of contemporary technology, teachers will inspire students to achieve their potential. By continuing to strengthen bonds between teachers and parents, realistic expectations for young adolescents will be developed which will create the basis for social maturity and informed civic responsibility. Students will be encouraged by their teachers and parents to broaden educational experiences without the fear of failure, reliance on artificial rewards, or the limitations of tracking. Lazar students will become self-motivated learners willing to accept the challenges of academic excellence through experimentation and exploration.