Mission:

It is the mission of the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School to create a public school that will cultivate lifelong learners in a multi-age, project-based setting. Within an environment that models interdependence as the foundation of society

  • The individual student will learn to direct their learning;

  • The group will make decisions together and recognize the unique contributions of each member;

  • The community will support and interact with the school body.

Our Pillars:

The Pillars of the Charter were identified in consensus-building community-wide discussions in the second year of the school. The Pillars express core values of the school

  • Trust

  • Respect

  • Freedom

  • Responsibility

  • Democracy

  • Cooperation

School Rights These rights were identified by the students and teachers together during the very first days of the MVPCS. Each person has the right:

  • To feel safe in mind, body and spirit.

  • To have personal property reserved for personal use, unless loaned or given to someone else.

  • To have needs, aspirations and responsibilities acknowledged and respected. 

  • To be oneself as long as one is responsive to others.

  • To have a clean, tidy and vandalism free campus.