Beliefs

• All students can learn and be challenged to meet high expectations.
• Learning is an ongoing experience which lasts over one’s lifetime.
• Research-based information, proven instructional practices, student achievement data, and ongoing formative assessments are used to direct and adjust instructional strategies so that the goals for students’ academic achievement are continually met.
• Motivating and challenging students by using a variety of research-based instructional strategies to accommodate differences in learning styles is basic to the successful education of all students.
• A high performing school learning culture is developed through the active collaboration and support of all stakeholders which include students, parents, community representatives, teachers, administrators, and other school staff members.  This collaboration promotes a school “learning community” based on positive relationships, high expectations, effective instructional practices, classroom management, appropriate student discipline, school attendance, mastering identified goal targets, and a strong professional working environment.
• The development, implementation and enforcement of policies and procedures are necessary to provide all students and staff members a safe, secure and nurturing environment and address the learning goals for all students.
• Professional collaboration among school staff members allows the monitoring of the curriculum, adjustments of instructional strategies, and personalizing of instructional programs for students.  Continued and frequent communication with parents on student progress is an important responsibility for the school. 

The mission of McGavock Comprehensive High School is to maximize learning through a diverse curriculum for all students in a safe, secure and nurturing learning community which will equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to master and exceed the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools and Tennessee Board of Education standards and to make productive decisions for their futures.

Abbreviated Mission

Prepared to Teach

Prepared to Learn

Preparing for Life

Shared Vision

McGavock Comprehensive High School is committed to providing a quality education that will develop graduates who appreciate human value, meet the challenges of living in a global environment, contribute positively to their community, and become lifelong learners by providing the opportunity to engage in the best instructional practices that respond to the needs of the citizenry of the 21^st century, while respecting and building upon the culturally diverse roots of our community.