Beliefs
     
    Our students are our first priority. The impact of everything we do will be
    weighed against its impact on our students.
     
     
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    We believe all children can learn.
     
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    We believe that we are required to educate the whole child.
     
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    We believe that communication is the single most important skill a student can
    learn and that this skill has four parts:
     
    1. Reading; 2. Writing; 3.Listening; and 4. Speaking.
     
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    We believe that the education of a child requires the active involvement of the
    entire community and that the contribution of the Parent, Teacher, and Student are
    crucial to our success.
     
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    We believe that all children need to understand and demonstrate good citizenship.
     
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    We believe that all children need to understand and demonstrate good character.
     
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    We believe that education is a life long endeavor. Thus, successful students will
    develop a love for education.
     
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    We believe that the successful student will begin to focus their education to
    develop mastery in preferred areas so that they can contribute to the body of
    knowledge. Scholarship.
     
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    We believe that all children need to understand and demonstrate integrity.
     
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    We believe that all children need to understand and demonstrate the obligations
    and rewards of service to themselves and others.
     
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    We believe that all children learn by example, thus, all District employees are
    required to be good examples.
     
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    We believe that knowledge without wisdom is useless and can be dangerous.
    Thus, the successful student will obtain knowledge and the wisdom to use it
    appropriately.
     
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    We believe that minimum competency is not enough.
     
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    The role of the Board of Education is to establish policy, set goals, give support,
    supply resources, and to ensure compliance.
     
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    We believe that all of the stakeholders must be involved in a decision to maximize
    the effectiveness, through ownership, of its implementation.
     
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    All District employees are responsible for the welfare and education of all of our
    students.
     
     
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    We believe that the role of administration is to implement the policy and mission
    set forth by the Board of Education.
     
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    We believe that the administration is accountable for reporting on the status of the
    District mission and implementation of Board policy on a regular basis.
     
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    We believe that our buildings belong to the community and will serve as places for
    life­long learning.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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