About MLO

Welcome to Mead Learning Options!

Mission Statement: To ensure all students learn at high levels.

If we are on mission, our policies, programs, and practices at Mead Learning Options reflect a commitment to help all students learn at high levels. Students do their coursework with integrity and earn satisfactory progress.

Vision Statement

We meet students where they are. By forming partnerships, we build a community where students flourish.

Students: Students feel like an integral part of a community. They have integrity in completing their course work to the best of their ability, while accepting educational challenges and seeking the guidance of family members, teachers, and other significant adults.
Teachers: Teachers value the uniqueness of student circumstances. They make connections to provide support and encouragement. They mentor students and families regarding resources, strategies, and learning standards. They use best practices and share data-driven feedback on student achievement. They partner with families and other advocates to develop and monitor interventions on behalf of their students.
Families: Families will confidently teach with fidelity and/or support student learning in a home environment. They actively seek mentoring and partnership with teachers. They understand and consider the feedback and data provided by teachers.

Statement of Understanding Although many of our programs serve families who want to teach their children at home, MLO programs are not legally "homeschool programs" because they operate under a different set of laws. Each MLO program is a Mead School District Alternative Learning Program that has been designed to serve parents who want a different model of education.

We operate under the authority of the State of Washington and the laws pursuant to an alternative learning experience (ALE, WAC 392-121-182). All Mead Learning Options takes its responsibility for helping students reach their learning goals and objectives very seriously.

Alternative Learning Experience (ALE) programs are public education options where some or all of the instruction is delivered outside of a regular classroom schedule and we follow all public education requirements as well as chapter 392-121-182 WAC. On the other hand, homeschoolers provide home-based instruction and fall under a different set of laws including RCW 28A.200.011(1) RCW 28A.225.010(4)

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Letter from the Principal

Letter from the Principal

Letter from the Principal

Hello and thank you for visiting Mead Learning Options! We are a strong school community that takes great pride in partnering with a child’s most important teacher to provide a rich and empowering learning environment for your child.

We are excited to work with families who chose to do some or all of their children’s education from home. We work closely with parents to provide quality educational opportunities and resources for those families. Our mission is to collaborate with parents to customize a child’s education in order to prepare students for life’s responsibilities, challenges and opportunities.

We actively partner with parents to provide a quality, academic challenging, safe, and supportive learning environment, while recognizing parental authority to the educational direction of their students. We are proud of our staff and their commitment to students to meet each individual child’s needs.

We operate under the authority of the State of Washington and the laws pursuant to an alternative learning experience (ALE, WAC 392-121-182). Each of our Mead Learning Options programs take our responsibility for helping students reach their learning goals and objectives very seriously.

Our Family Handbook is provided to you in an effort to answer some of your questions and provide information on the operation of our school. However, if you have additional questions or feel your questions were not fully answered please call us a 509-465-7700. We look forward to working with you and your child.

Nick Edwards, Principal

For More Information For more information or questions about the program, please email MLO@MEAD354.ORG

Front Office Phone

(509) 465-7700

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Principal: Nick Edwards nick.edwards@mead354.org