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It is indeed a
pleasure to welcome our students and parents back
for the 2009-2010 school year. Each new school
year offers tremendous opportunities for students,
parents and schools to work together to help our
community’s children reach their potential.
The Bay St.
Louis – Waveland School District will use the
Strategic Plan to determine priorities, guide
financial decisions, and seek feedback from staff,
parents, and patrons. The plan will be a “living
document” that will change as the world and our
community change. The Strategic Leadership Group
will monitor the Strategic Plan and report on
progress regularly to the Board of Directors.
Below you will see our mission statement as well
as the values and goals of our Strategic Plan.
Our Mission:
The Bay St.
Louis-Waveland School District is a system that is
dedicated to teaching with the expectation that
all will read, write, think, compute, speak well,
love the arts, and behave in socially acceptable
ways in order to become an economically
independent contributing member of society.
(Adapted from Dr. Lorraine Monroe, January 2,
2007)
Values:
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WE
believe in the development of the whole child.
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WE
believe in every child’s right to a great public
education.
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WE
believe we can have secure, attractive, and
environmentally friendly campuses.
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WE
believe that our students should be able to
compete and succeed in a global society.
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WE
believe in developing life long learners.
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believe all children should have equal
opportunities to learn regardless of limitations.
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WE
believe in the use of technology and research
based strategies.
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WE
believe in strong community, business and parental
involvement.
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believe in rigorous curriculum and higher order
thinking skills.
Strategic
Plan Goals:
Goal
#1:
Sustain a district wide climate that encourages
students, staff, parents, and community to be
involved at all levels.
Goal #2:
Promote, advocate and nurture a climate that
drives opportunities for life-long learning for
students, staff and community.
Goal #3:
Evaluate and enrich the curriculum annually to
prepare students for success.
Goal #4:
Build and maintain schools that promote safe,
civil, and healthy learning environments.
It has been said,
“Those who fail to plan, plan to fail.” The
Strategic Plan represents a commitment to the
students and the community we serve. Our plan
will focus our efforts to utilize available and
potential resources to provide the best education
we can for the children in our communities.
I would like to
thank the Board of Trustees for their support and
guidance in building stronger, deeper and more
meaningful connections with our community and our
efforts with development of the Strategic Plan.
I hope you come
to know me as a person who has strong beliefs in
public education. Our Strategic Plan
offers us the opportunity to dream together to
build the future we want.
Thank you,
Becky Ladner, Superintendent
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