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What Are Our Shared Educational Values?
During the 2014 strategic planning process, we asked the community, “What are our shared educational values?” This is what we heard from the community:
What is the role of school in a democratic society?
Role of the School
The role of a school in a democratic society is to provide equitable and accessible educational opportunities for all students.
Schools are essential to making our democracy work by challenging the whole child to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills, life-long curiosity and compassion, and preparation for life, career, and college and/or higher education.
How Students Learn
The community believes the best ways that students learn are by having high expectations and a challenging curriculum. The curriculum keeps students actively engaged in hands-on, small group activities, and critical thinking. Students learn in an environment in which it is safe to take risks and fail and where students feel valued as individuals and learners.
Role of Students
The role of students in schools is to take ownership of their education by attending and being mindfully engaged.
Students have a responsibility to be respectful and accepting of others. Students should be curious risk-takers who learn from their mistakes and are empowered to be critical thinkers.
Role of Educators
Blaine County educators build strong positive relationships and encourage the potential of all students while adjusting their teaching to accommodate individual learning styles. As educators, we value critical thinking while inspiring our students through a challenging curriculum that is current, relevant, and engaging.
Role of Parents
The community believes that the role of parents in education is to actively support their children and the schools and to hold their children accountable while allowing their children to learn from mistakes.
Role of the Community
Our community values education, embraces diversity, and supports a safe community in which our schools operate. We believe in supporting youth by being good role models and providing experiences to our students through community expertise and meaningful involvement.