CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE SCHOOL

1004 N Jefferson
St. Louis, MO 63106
Office: 314.231.0413
Fax: 314.244-1734
Principal: Darwin Young
Hours: 7:10 a.m. - 2:10 p.m.
Grades: 6 - 8

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Welcome to the Carr Lane Principal's Corner

 Darwin Young is the school leader here at Carr Lane

Our Mission: Carr Lane Visual and Performing Arts Middle School strives to provide a quality learning environment that ensures student success through the integration of the Arts and Academics.

Our Vision: Carr Lane Visual and Performing Arts Middle School will be a high quality educational program for students in grades 6-8 that develops the whole person through a curriculum that integrates the visual and performing arts and rigorous academics. We aim to develop the students academically, artistically and socially to become independent, cooperative, responsible and creative learners with a lifelong appreciation for the arts. We believe that these skills and qualities will prepare our students to pursue further educational goals.

Our vision is based on the following beliefs:

• A strong academic program supports the artistic potential of our students.
• The best discipline comes from a commitment to shared goals.
• The visual and performing arts encourage working in a creative, cooperative and collaborative manner while promoting independent thinking.
• Students learn best in a participative and creative environment within a framework of high standards in teaching and learning.
• Students need an understanding of, and access to, developing technologies in order to encourage participation and leadership in a technologically developing society.