Vision, Mission, and Motto
Our Vision:
Preparing students today for the world of tomorrow.
Preparing students today for the world of tomorrow.
Our Mission:
The mission of DeKalb Central Schools is to develop students as critical thinkers, communicators, and
collaborators who can adapt and persevere with empathy and integrity in an ever-changing world.
Our Motto:
Excellence...Everyone...Everyday!
Our Priority Areas:
- Student Success
- Challenge and engage learners to build on their strengths, passions, and interests.
- Maximize learning and ensure high student achievement by implementing a relevant and rigorous curriculum.
- Prepare students for post-secondary education/opportunities, career success, and productive community life.
- Inspire personal growth and development of the total student.
- Expect relevant, engaged self-directed learning.
- Positive Culture & Environment
- Be responsive to student social, emotional, academic, and health needs
- Maintain a consistent, appropriate, and effective code of conduct
- Provide safe and well-maintained facilities that are inviting
- Provide a safe, engaging, and positive environment for students and staff based on trust, respect, and responsibility.
- Community & District Alliance
- Encourage and consider innovative ideas by communication and collaboration between the district and community stakeholders
- Maximize community resources to empower students and staff
- Promote School pride throughout the community
- Intentional Innovation
- Engage in purposeful innovation through data-driven decision making
- Commit to professional learning and systems effectiveness
- Create a culture that empowers leaders that are willing to take risks that will promote positive, sustained change.
- Talent Management
- Attract and recruit highly skilled and talented personnel.
- Retain high-performing personnel.
- Maximize leadership and growth opportunities for all personnel.
Our Core Values:
- Stakeholder
- Engagement
- High Expectations
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Evidence-Based Decision-Making
- Shared Leadership
- Social Responsibility
Our Dashboard of Success Metrics:
- Increase the % of students passing Math ISTEP.
- Increase the % of students passing ELA ISTEP.
- Increase the % passing Sophomore Cohort ECA Math.
- Increase the % passing Sophomore Cohort ECA LA.
- Increase the # of students taking dual credit and AP classes.
- Increase the % of students graduating from high school.
- Increase the # of all stakeholders who feel the building environment is
safe, engaging, positive and continuously growing as a learning place. - Increase the # of avenues supporting a channel of communication between
district and community stakeholders. - Increase in the # of students and staff who engage with developed
community resources. - Increase the # of qualified applicants that apply for employment within
our district. - Increase the # of employees identified as high performing
on performance appraisals.