Missionbeliefs

Educational Philosophy

We Believe. . .

That it is the aim of this school to provide the educational and social environment in which each student may be able to develop his/her abilities.

Our school must provide educational opportunities and programs that will produce a healthy, respectful, confident individual ready to accept responsibility and capable of living richly and creatively.

The school should take the lead in the intellectual development of the community's youth, but it should solicit the aid of, and collaborate with, other community organizations as well as the homes of the students.

That no two individuals are alike, and we believe that it is our task, within social and economic limitations, to provide adequate educational attention to these individual differences.

That no grade level or department of the school is working alone to develop specialists in each field, but rather that all are working together as members of a team, providing generalized backgrounds in a variety of disciplines.

That if an individual is to be equipped to fit harmoniously within our society, the student must experience more than the academic and social school atmosphere. Therefore, we should provide opportunities for the student to participate in organized activities.

Our school should keep abreast of the times in all areas of instruction in order to offer a dynamic educational program.

In establishing a positive self-concept in each individual.

That the administration and school board are responsible for establishing policy, but that the students, teachers, and community serve in an advisory capacity in the decision-making process.

This philosophy should be flexible and it should be subject to modifications as the times and students change.

Performance Objectives

All Rock Valley Students will be . . .

Quality Producers able to:

Identify, organize, plan and utilze a variety of resources.
Allocate time and resources.
Exhibit pride in one's product.
Display flexibity.

Effective Communicators able to demonstrate:

Competence in writing skills and strategies of writing.
Competence in reading skills and strategies of reading.
Competence in speaking, listening and viewing for learning.
The ability to gather and use information for research purposes.

Complex Thinkers able to demonstrate:

Skills in decision making and problem solving.
The ability to compare and classify.
The ability to apply deductive and inductive reasoning.

Collaborative Community Contributors able to demonstrate:

The skills to be a collaborative participant who actively works toward achievement of group goals.
The skills to develop and maintain positive interpersonal relationships.
The skills that contribute time, energy and talents to a community effort that results in the improvement of others.
Respect for self and others and to take responsibilty for one's own actions.

Self-Directed Learners able to demonstrate:

Positive attitude toward learning.
Independent planning.
Skills for self-evaluation and responsibility for choices.
Self-motivation for the pursuit of one's own interest.

Knowledgeable Person able to:

Know and apply basic mathematical functions and principals.
Know and apply the principles, concepts and languages of natural sciences.
Know and apply understanding of the social sciences (history, geography, government and economic systems of the United States and other countries)
Demonstate a functional level of computer and technological literacy.
Demonstrate an understanding of the personal and economic responsibilities of adulthood.