Strategic Planning

Mission Statement

A student-inspired, community-based center of educational excellence, is to ensure that each student has a passion for learning and defines and achieves individual success in a dynamic, competitive global society through a system distinguished by:

• Highly motivated active learners who continuously assess their progress and feel joy in their accomplishments;
• Faculty and staff dedicated to the success of all students;
• Rigorous curricula and innovative approaches to instruction that honor the uniqueness in each student;
• Collaboration among school, home, and community to create a stimulating learning environment.

Beliefs

• Each person deserves the opportunity to define and achieve his or her success.
• Each person has dignity and is entitled to be treated with respect.
• Each person can manage change effectively.
• Understanding requires effective communication.
• The family is the primary influence in a person’s development.
• Personal success depends upon high self-esteem.
• Diversity is an asset.
• Strong relationships are based upon trust.
• Balance is essential to a healthful life.
• Passion is the heart of that which is extraordinary.
• All people and all communities are vitally connected to the larger world.
• All people are responsible for their own actions.
• Each person has the capacity to make the world better.
• Appreciation of each person’s uniqueness strengthens the individual and the community.
• Greater expectations lead to greater performance.
• The pursuit of excellence is being our best.

Objectives

• All students will graduate with a Regents Diploma, and all eligible students will earn an advanced designation.
• Each student continually discovers and pursues his/her own passion(s).
• All students confidently meet anychallenge without compromising personal integrity.

Parameters

• We will not compromise excellence
• We will not engage in anything that distracts from our primary and secondary instructional programs.
• We will make optimal use of technology throughout the district.
• We will always expect the best of everyone.
• We will honor the dignity of each person
• We will practice sound management principles and adhere to the highest ethical and legal standards.

Strategies

• We will provide an array of support services to ensure student sucess.
• We will offer a variety of curricula and instructional approaches to inspire students’ passions and motivate them to excel.
• We will create an environment that inspires the very best in everyone.
• We will ensure that every staff member is excellent.
• We will provide the optimal facilities necessary to accomplish our mission and objectives.
• We will ensure optimal communication within the district and between the district and the community.
• We will ensure collaboration among school, home, and community that stimulates student learning.

Strategic Planning Team

Action Plans By Year