Our Vision
As an open-access school, Morris Jeff Community School embraces learners of all backgrounds and holds each student to high expectations. Our students are provided with a deep, rich curriculum that engages them in inquiry, develops strong critical thinking skills, and challenges them to a new level of learning. As an IB World School, we aim to prepare students to become lifelong learners and global citizens.
We see ourselves as a model of transformative public education in our city and beyond. Our school continues to collectively imagine and build one of the most diverse public schools in the history of New Orleans where all students are able to thrive.
Our graduates are:
- Empowered Dreamers: Understand self and community, and possess a strong sense of purpose, vision, and power.
- Global Citizens: Recognize their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet.
- Equity Champions: Act courageously with empathy for all people, rooted in personal accountability, humility, collaboration, and a sense of justice.
- Relentless Learners: Demonstrate curiosity, academic excellence, and habits of lifelong learning.
Morris Jeff Community School graduates affect positive change and help to create a better and more peaceful world.