Drinking Gourd Elementary School

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensationIRS Form 990 totals for revenue, expenses, and employee compensation (salaries, other compensation, and employee benefits).

Mission Statement

To bring children together with excitement for learning. * To create a "success-based" environment which emphasizes achievements rather than failures. * To create an individual learning plan that is challenging and requires every student to strive toward excellence in all areas. * To present books and reading skills in an engaging way; to develop children with "book fever"-an insatiable desire to read. * To present a huge variety of mathematical experiences so that students gain a real understanding of these concepts rather than a focus on simply "filling in the right answers." * To weave art and music experiences into the everyday life of the classroom. * To teach children peaceful, cooperative ways to handle conflicts. * To develop the students' ability to understand and express their emotions and to empathize with others. * To help children recognize and reject gender stereotypes in our environment; to consciously provide opportunities for both girls and boys to experience a