About Our School
DoDEA Mission
Educate, Engage, and Empower each student to succeed in a dynamic world.
DoDEA Vision
Excellence in Education for Every Student, Every Day, Everywhere
Mid-Atlantic District Purpose Statement Vision
To ensure the college and career readiness of our military-connected students, the Mid-Atlantic District is committed to building the capacity of all educators to increase the effectiveness of instructional practices.
Heroes Purpose Statement
At Heroes, our heads solve problems and are always learning, our hearts are respectful and considerate, and our hands work together for the good of all.
Heroes Elementary School opened in school year 2011-2012 as the result of the need for an additional elementary school aboard Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base. Children from Berkeley Manor, Heroes Manor, and Paradise Point housing areas attend Heroes Elementary School.
Heroes Elementary School is built to serve approximately 770 students in PK through 5th grade. Our school has 38 classrooms with other classrooms designed for special areas and curriculum support.
In addition to traditional PK-5 grade level classrooms, Heroes ES offers:
- Special Education LIMS
- Special Education LIMM
- Gifted Program
- Reading Intervention
- Math Intervention
- Art
- Music
- PE
- Guidance
- Media Center/Library
- Technology/Computer Lab
- Multi-media recording studio
- Nurse
- Counseling services
- MFLC services
- School Psychologist
- Speech and Language services
- English as a Second Language
- Adaptive PE
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Free and Reduced Breakfast and Lunch
In addition, para-professionals(educational aides) support the educational program in preschool, kindergarten, and special education programs. They are essential to the implementation of curriculum and care the staff provides our students.
The daily schedule for Heroes Elementary is built to enable students and teachers to have large amounts of blocked time to facilitate uninterrupted instructional time. Wednesday afternoon, early release time, is an opportunity for the staff to participate in a professional learning community to collaborate, purposefully plan instruction, and look at school data to focus on continuous improvement and student achievement.
The staff of Heroes Elementary School is proud to serve the military community of Camp Lejeune by providing a school environment that is safe and gives students the opportunity to learn and be successful.
School Improvement Goals
Math
Goal 1: By the end of the 2026-2027 school year, 3rd-5th grade students will meet or exceed expectations by increasing their performance from 54% to 63% as measured by the DODEA CCRS Summative Assessment.Â
Goal 2: By the end of the 2026-2027 school year, 3rd-5th grade students will decrease the percentage of students who did not meet or partially met expectations in math as measured by the DODEA CCRS Summative Assessment from 19% to 10%.Â
Goal 3: By the end of the 2026-2027 school year, 60% of students in K-2 will meet or exceed expectations as measured by the Math Reveal Summative by scoring 70% or higher.Â
Literacy
Goal 1: By the end of the 2026-2027 school year, 3rd-5th grade students who meet or exceed grade level expectations from 56% to 66% in written expression as measured by ELA summative assessments.Â
Goal 2: By the end of the 2026-2027 school year, 3rd-5th grade students will decrease the number of students who did not meet or partially met from 25% to 16% as measured by the ELA summative assessments. Â
Goal 3: By the end of the 2026-2027 school year, 75% of K-2 students will meet or exceed grade-level expectations by scoring 70% or higher as measured by BA Interim 4.
Community and Engagement
Goal 1: The percentage of parents participating in the Communication and Engagement Feedback Survey will increase from 30 responses to 60 responses by the end of SY 2026-2027. This reflects an increase of 10 additional parent surveys each year.Â
Goal 2: The percentage of staff responding ‘quite a lot’ on question #7 will increase from 58% to78% by the end of 2026 to 2027. This reflects an increase of 6.7 percentage points each year.
