Valleyview Middle School is the instructional home for Denville's sixth, seventh and eighth grade students who are placed on INTERDISCIPLINARY INSTRUCTIONAL TEAMS. Instructional Teams allow for a more student-centered approach by creating "schools-within-the-school", whereby the same group of CORE INSTRUCTORS (MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES and LANGUAGE ARTS) share the same group of students. In addition to making school more student friendly, TEAMING enables staff to plan for time allotment flexibility in subject matter presentation and gives them the option of combining their expertise and course content to integrate the disciplines and interface common areas of instruction. This integration not only provides countless opportunities for enrichment but also, it is hoped, raises the learning curve. Valleyview is in its eighth year of TEAMING. Valleyview students have a minimum of 360 periods of LANGUAGE ARTS/READING and 270 periods of MATHEMATICS yearly. Also, students who demonstrate a high level of proficiency in each of these areas are placed in ADVANCED LEVEL classes.

The school's MISSION STATEMENT identifies five tenets the staff aspires for each student: to be socially responsible to him/herself, the school and the community; to demonstrate a strong work ethic; to value a generosity of spirit; to be capable of critical thinking and decision making; and to be academically and emotionally prepared to realize his/her potential.