La Ballona Elementary School is a safe environment with high expectations, which meets the needs of a diverse population, creating responsible citizens and life long learners through a balanced curriculum and the cooperation between home, school, and community.

BELIEFS

• We believe that students have individual needs, strengths and experiences that they bring to their learning.
• We believe all students can learn, and that they learn best in a safe environment, where they can take risks, and where they can develop to their maximum potential.
• We believe that students learn best where there is effective communication, cooperation, and support from each other, the family, and from the community.
• We believe that good schools provide a balanced and flexible curriculum that fosters excitement for learning, and includes technology, basic skills, the arts, and instruction that reach out to all types of learners.
• We believe that good schools should promote skills to foster a sense of community.  We believe that every student should feel successful, supported, and valued.
• We believe that good teachers use effective teaching strategies and are life long learners who engage in professional development and who collaborate by grade level and cross grade level.