The mission of Middletown High School, a diverse and rapidly growing comprehensive learning community, is to challenge students to strive for personal excellence and to achieve distinction through:

• Fostering an environment that offers opportunities that prepare students to be global citizens (Character).
• Cultivating pride by supporting positive behavior (Attitude).
• Enabling all students to discover and achieve post secondary endeavors (Vision).
• Implementing a diverse, rigorous curriculum (Success).

We at Middletown High School, a strong community-driven school, believe that:

• Our primary obligation is to encourage academic excellence.
• Education is the shared responsibility of the entire community.
• It is critical to ensure that all students are safe and welcome at MHS.
• Our diverse backgrounds enhance the educational experience.
• It is essential that we welcome and address a diverse community of student learners
• All students are responsible, productive, members of the community and society at large
• All students have the potential to succeed.
• It is essential to provide opportunities for students to become well-rounded members of society.
• Lifelong learning is essential for success in a changing society
• A vibrant and active high school is a focal point of the whole community