MISSION

Our Mission

The Mission of the Mohawk Area School District, in partnership with families and in cooperation with the community, is to provide our students with a rigorous and comprehensive education in a safe and stimulating environment. Committed to excellence, we will:

• enable our students to be critical thinkers and life-long learners,

• equip our students with the skills needed to meet the demands of an advancing technological society,

• and prepare our students to become responsible citizens and contributors of a global society.

Our Vision

• The staff and community of the Mohawk Area desire to create an exemplary school district that exhibits the following:

• acknowledged for the caliber of its graduates, the quality of its staff, and the excellence of its programs;

• balanced programming where learning is meaningful and relevant, connected with each child's individual needs, ethics, culture, and experiences;

• committed to continuous improvement, research-based exemplary practice, and data-informed decision-making;

• lifelong learning is an expectation where learners are motivated to think critically, creatively, collaboratively, and independently.

• We see children leaving our schools fueled by their dreams and empowered by their knowledge and ability to connect what they have learned to the world around them.
  We see a school district where children are the primary focus and are valued, respected, and nurtured.

• We see a school district where compassion, fairness, justice, respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, and good citizenship are present; and where all students, parents, staff, and community members are valued, partners.

• We see children coming to school ready to learn at their own rate, being challenged, encouraged, supported, and provided the resources to achieve; and each day they leave school wanting to come back tomorrow.

• If our future is to be better than our past, we must have the courage to let go of what no longer serves us, embrace what is required for the future, and advocate for what is best for our children, our community, and our nation. Such a journey will require getting more comfortable with change, taking informed risks, and rigorously tracking progress against clearly articulated goals. It will require the conviction to set our own standards in the face of growing state and federal mandates and dwindling financial support. In all areas, it will demand putting children first.

Shared Values

We Believe:

• All children are capable of learning and should be challenged to their highest potential.

• Life-long learning skills are critical in preparing students for future challenges and opportunities.

• All students are unique, learning in different ways and at different rates.

• All students learn best in a safe, nurturing, healthy environment, equipped with resources necessary for students to thrive.

• Positive self-worth fosters success.

• Learning needs to be relevant, rigorous, and reflective and should prepare students to live successfully in an ever-changing global society.

• All students need to become responsible, accountable, self-disciplined, productive members of the community and society.

• Education is a shared responsibility between students, parents, school, and the community.

• Education is a key factor in shaping responsible, thinking citizens.