Mission
The Holliston Public Schools is committed, through collaborative efforts within an educational community, to producing confident, self-directed learners in a highly motivating, safe, student-centered environment that supports each student's social, emotional, and academic development.
Vision
The Holliston Public Schools is a community of creative lifelong learners that demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and values required for productive and socially responsible citizenship.
We will:
- Cultivate a challenging, safe and supportive learning environment for students and staff
- Ensure instructional innovation through creativity and smart implementation of technology
- Collaborate to achieve rigorous and differentiated instructional programs
- Meet all federal and state accountability measures for student and educator achievement
- Foster educational partnerships within the community and region
- Self-evaluate and measure performance and strive for continuous improvement
Beliefs
We believe In:
- An emotionally and physically safe and supportive school environment
- Instruction that is differentiated to accommodate varied student needs, learning styles, and interests
- Class sizes and resources that best support effective instruction and the curriculum
- Recruitment and retention of high quality educators, administrators and staff
- Relevant assessments to measure individual growth and identify individual needs
- Smart use of technology to enhance innovative and creative teaching and learning
- Educating the whole child by supporting, among other things, a robust fine and performing arts program and a well-respected program of interscholastic athletics
- Collaboration in education and learning which engages family and community
- Effective interactive communication within the school community and beyond
- The intrinsic value a high-performing school district brings to a community
- Diverse extracurricular and cultural enrichment offerings, available to all students
- The promotion of mutual respect by understanding and appreciating individual differences
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