Mission

So all of Early Ed at my school has been asked to come up with a Mission Statement to post outside their classroom when we get back to school in the fall. Several (ok, dozens) of the staff saw this as "more work", "waste of time", and on, and on.
I however saw it as a challenge, a big one.
How can I boil down everything I think and feel about my kids, my families, my approach to education all into one sentence? How can I express exactly what fires me and drives me and informs every breath I take when I'm in the classroom (or out of it for that matter! Ask my hubby, I never stop thinking about school!).
I've since been jotting down words, phrases and thoughts that might make it into my statement but this is turning out to be way more difficult than I originally thought. I really wish I could put some scripture in it (but I could probably get sued for that one). Cuz whenever I think about teaching I think about this verse: “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea." Matt 18:6.
I take that verse very much to heart.
So I'm going to keep working on this Mission Statement and if I ever get it hammered out to my satisfaction (or at least close to my stupid level of perfectionism) I'll post it here.