MARANACOOK AREA SCHOOLS BELIEF STATEMENT
Capstone Statement: "A caring school community dedicated to excellence"
We believe that all students deserve and are expected to take advantage of challenging and rewarding educational experiences designed to provide them with academic, career and life skills and the knowledge needed for their future personal and professional success. Students, in turn, are expected to work hard, to take initiative for making the most of their educational opportunities and to become good citizens.
We are committed to creating the ideal school. Ideal schools have:
• an educational environment which promotes and nurtures: creativity and imagination, respect, responsibility, individual self-esteem, appreciation and acceptance of differences between individuals, a positive attitude toward learning, community involvement, and development of personal traits of honesty, trustworthiness, hard work and compassion;
• high expectations for achievement based on national and international standards of excellence;
• a curriculum development process which insures that the changing needs of society are blended with the needs of individual students and educational research;
• an agreement on the importance of assessment, with a goal towards improving the achievement of all students;
• a challenging range of courses, experiences and extra-curricular activities which recognize the needs, interests, and abilities of all students;
• teachers who utilize a variety of instructional strategies and demonstrate a belief that all students can learn;
• a comprehensive professional development program, guided by valid educational theory and research, which promotes exemplary teaching and learning;
• a supervision and evaluation process which encourages and supports staff growth and development;
• facilities and grounds which are well maintained, safe and orderly, and provide an effective setting that encourages and supports learning.
Individuals in an ideal school share a common vision, high personal and professional aspirations and expectations and a commitment to excellence.
Adopted October 30, 1993; amended December 12, 2000
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