Rappahannock County Public Schools Comprehensive Plan 2008-2015

VISION In partnership with the community, the schools are committed to inspiring in every student a passion for lifelong learning, personal well-being, and the skill sets of productive, engaged, globally-aware citizens.

Mission We are committed to instilling in our students academic proficiency, the ability to think critically and creatively, effective communication,  global awareness, strategic problem solving, and responsible citizenship.

Goal Our overarching goal is to prepare every student for graduation ensuring that each student has mastered 21st Century Skills needed to be responsible, productive workers and citizens.

The Rappahannock Motto of Leadership “Lead, Inspire, Grow” Focus 2014-2015   How do we lead? We lead by developing leadership skills that promote the students’ understanding and acceptance of their environment, their classmates, and their responsibility to the world around them. How do we inspire? We inspire by becoming careful listeners, focusing our attention to the needs of our students and to the needs of our community so we can provide our students with a springboard for lifelong learning and acceptance of others through developmentally appropriate tasks. How do we grow? As educators, we need personal and professional relationships with our community, our students, their families, and our school family. Strong relationships evolve with careful and prescriptive doses of commitment, accountability, and respect for one another, focusing on common goals that are student centered.

Continuing our Focus for 2014-2015 Promote academic rigor and student excellence Differentiated instruction, classroom pacing, vertical and horizontal alignment, benchmarking, increased SOL performance, exposure to real life concepts and skill development

Professional development for staff and modeling the concepts of lifelong learners June/July Staff Workshops HS Math instructors: Error analysis, shared repository for responses HS English instructors: Vertical alignment grades 8-12, shared documents, explored student outcomes ES Math instructors: math training for “number talks”, meta cognition skills and promoting kinesthetic learning ES Exploratory: Project Based Learning ES Pre-K Staff: “Big Day” for Pre-K curriculum, unpacking, and alignment Interns: 3 teachers participated in summer internship programs for degree completions

Promote diversity, enrichment, community involvement, and student success Summer School: Elementary and High School 94 participants Community Involvement – Headwaters offered enrichment activities Kindergarten Jump start, remediation, high school credit courses, Project Graduation

Focus 2014-2015 We will continue the “can do” model embracing the concepts of LEAD, INSPIRE, and GROW!