According to Socrates, "The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them as good as possible." It is the mission of Garden Lakes School to do whatever it takes to help students reach their full potential. The school is, and should be, a community of learners where students, parents, community members, and faculty are encouraged to be consumers of knowledge, productive citizens, and caring human beings.

The mission of Pendergast School District is to provide a creative, challenging, motivating, and caring environment where students can acquire skills and knowledge for life-long learning. Students will learn to be productive, responsible, and culturally enriched citizens through the cooperative efforts of a professional self-renewing staff, an involved family, and a supportive community. Garden Lakes School has developed a strategic plan, that is reviewed and revised annually, to accomplish the district mission.

It is the desire of the Garden Lakes educational community to make children better readers, writers, thinkers, and problem solvers. Think about it. "The more you read, the better you read. The more you write, the better you write. The more you read, the better you write. The more you write, the better you read. And all the time you are thinking!"