Nyssa SD 26

The district shall maintain a coordinated K-12 program designed to improve student achievement. The following practices contribute to achieving this goal. The district will develop a partnership with staff, parents and community members through 21 st Century Schools Councils, local school committees and advisory committees to identify and revise goals consistent with the goals adopted by the State Board of Education. To successfully prepare students to function effectively in a rapidly changing world and for the futures they choose to pursue, goals adopted by the district will: 1. Ensure that all students, regardless of linguistic background, culture, race, sex, capability or geographic location, have access to a quality education in a safe, motivating environment; 2. Hold all students to rigorous academic standards and expect them to succeed; 3. Provide students with opportunities to demonstrate their achievement in knowledge and skills; 4. Encourage parental and community involvement in their student’s education; 5. Develop in students lifelong academic skills to prepare them for an ever changing world; 6. Develop in students the core ethical values that our diverse society shares and holds important, including but not limited to: respect, responsibility, caring, trustworthiness, justice, fairness, civic virtue and citizenship; and 7. Equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue the future of their choice and to prepare students to function effectively in various life roles.