About Us

Kopachuck Middle School
10414 56th Street NW Gig Harbor, WA 98335
Phone: (253)530-4100
Fax: (253)530-4120
Principal - Iva Scott
Assistant Principal - Mr. Casey Lindberg

Mission:
Kopachuck Middle School is an exemplary learning community dedicated to all students becoming productive life-long learners who achieve at high levels.

Vision:
Kopachcuck Middle School is an action oriented school that involves all stakeholders in continuously developing ideals and transforming them into reality.

Values:
1. We will work together to identify and develop strategies and assessments to help each student achieve at high levels.
2. We will monitor individual and collective efforts, and use data to guide our process of continuous improvement.
3. We will honor a collaborative, respectful approach in furthering our collective vision.
4. We will demonstrate life-long learning and foster it in our students.
5. We will work with students, not against them.
6. We will be open minded and flexible when faced with challenges, and we will teach the appreciation of individual differences.

Improving Education - Building Programs:
Kopachuck Middle School is one of four middle schools in the Peninsula School District. Enrollment of this sixth through eighth grade school is approximately 630 students. All students take core classes of humanities, math and science. The school offers a wide range of elective programs in music, art, drama, photography, technology, Spanish, and physical education. All classrooms along with the library and computer lab are connected to the Internet.

During the 1997-98 school year, the staff of Kopachuck began the process of restructuring our educational program. With our school's mission firmly in mind, we looked critically at our program and made significant modifications for the 1998-99 school year by adopting an extended rotating block schedule. We believe goals must be meaningful, measurable and "drive" our work. Our building goals were revisited and substantially condensed to focus on basic skills and knowledge. In the area of basic skills, each student is expected to read with comprehension, write clearly and correctly, listen actively, speak coherently, gather information efficiently, and perform basic computations. Students will use these skills to acquire and apply knowledge across the curriculum and to solve real life problems.

As the bridge between elementary and high school, we will continue to provide a strong transition program for our students. Teachers incorporate thematic teaching, integrate curriculum and individualize instruction into their daily work.