Milwaukee Public Schools - Goals

• Schools will be safe, orderly, and nurturing places for students to learn.
• Achievement levels for all students will increase significantly, equaling or exceeding national averages.
• Employees will feel positive and empowered and will receive recognition for their accomplishments.
• Parents and community members will become significantly more involved in the achievement of MPS' vision, goals, and objectives.
• Employees and students from different racial, ethnic and economic backgrounds will learn and interact positively with each other.

School Mission Statement

The mission of Rufus King High School is to accomplish the Milwaukee Public Schools' K-12 goals of excellence by providing a quality college preparatory education to all students.  

Our goal is to assure that students receive the highest degree of academic excellence and preparation for college through four years of intense studies.  Skills will be developed in effective communication, technological competency, and understanding of global society with appreciation and knowledge of the arts.  All of these areas of learning will incorporate the development of  positive personal vehicles for self-expression, strategies for living, and goal orientation.

K-12 Goals

1. Students will project anti-racist, anti-biased attitudes through their participation in a multi-lingual, and multi-ethnic, culturally diverse curriculum.
2. Students will participate and gain knowledge in all the arts (visual, dance, theater, literature, music) developing personal vehicles for self expression reinforced in an integrated curriculum.
3. Students will demonstrate positive attitudes towards life, and learning through an understanding and respect of self and others.
4. Students will make responsible decisions, solve problems and think critically.
5. Students will demonstrate responsible citizenship and an understanding of global interdependence.
6. Students will use technological resources capably, actively, and responsibly.
7. Students will think logically and abstractly, applying mathematical and scientific principles of inquiry to solve problems, create new solutions, and communicate new ideas and relationships to real-world experiences.
8. Students will communicate knowledge, ideas, thoughts, feelings, concepts, opinions, and needs effectively and creatively using varied modes of expression.
9. Students will learn strategies to cope with the challenges of daily living, and will establish practices that promote health, fitness, and safety.
10. Students will set short-and long-term goals, will develop an awareness of career opportunities, and will be motivated to actualize their potential.

International Baccalaurate Mission

The International Baccalaureate Organization aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.

To this end the IBO works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.

These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

International Baccalaureate North American (IBNA):  To develop well-educated, inquiring, and caring citizens who will use their talents, resources, and energy to improve the shared human condition throughout the world.