The mission of the Farmington Public Schools is to offer a common standards-based educational program that will enable every student to achieve rigorous performance standards.

Strategic planning for continuous improvement is an important process in the district's efforts to enable all students to reach high levels of achievement. As the attached diagram indicates, the five-year school district goals provide the framework for annual school and program improvement planning and accountability.

All Farmington students will meet established literacy performance standards by demonstrating high levels of communication skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening; and all students will learn to be proficient in the use of technology to improve learning.

All Farmington students will meet established mathematics performance standards by strengthening their understandings of basic mathematical concepts, relationships and operations, and demonstrating the ability to apply them to practical problem solving.

All Farmington students will meet established science performance standards by demonstrating knowledge and understanding of natural laws and theories of the physical/life sciences by applying the scientific method to the investigation of natural phenomena.

All Farmington students will meet established social studies performance standards by demonstrating their understanding of human affairs by acquiring knowledge of U. S. history and government, world history, geography and the principles of economics.In addition, students will demonstrate their appreciation for cultural achievement via exemplary literature and by developing their performance skills and related understandings in the disciplines of music and visual arts.

All Farmington students will meet established standards by cultivating the habits of good citizenship, health and personal responsibility by demonstrating the cooperative life skills necessary to be productive and responsible citizens in our diverse and complex world.