Public education helps prepare students for adult life
by attending to their intellectual and developmental needs and challenging
them to achieve at their highest level possible. In conjunction
with families and other community institutions, public education provides
opportunities for students to become self-directed, lifelong learners
and responsible, involved citizens. The Board is committed to providing
a system of education that will offer equitable educational opportunities
in accordance with students’ needs, abilities, and interests consistent
with available resources.
Together with parents, families and community institutions, the Board
directs the development of a planned and balanced program of learning
which meets the needs of all students by providing opportunities for students
to:
- Acquire
knowledge and skills.
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Develop integrity.
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Process information.
- Think
critically.
- Work
independently.
- Collaborate
with others.
- Adapt
to change.
District K-12 planned
programs shall encourage each student to make the fullest possible progress
in the Pennsylvania Academic Standards. The district’s planned programs
shall encompass the Pennsylvania Academic Standards identified below:
- Reading,
Writing, Speaking and Listening
- Math
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Science and Technology, Environment and Ecology
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Civics and Government, Economics, Geography and History
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Arts and Humanities
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Family and Consumer Sciences
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Health, Safety and Physical Education
In addition, the
district’s planned programs shall encompass the following Pennsylvania
Academic Standards as they exist in current draft form.
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Career Education and Work
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World Languages
As draft form standards
in any subject area become final, the district’s planned programs shall
encompass the final form academic standards. In the absence of Pennsylvania
Academic Standards in final or draft form, appropriate National standards
shall be utilized.
In addition to assuring the teaching of the specific content knowledge
and skills identified in the Pennsylvania Academic Standards, locally
planned programs will supplement the Pennsylvania Academic Standards to
encourage the fullest possible development of each student to:
- Understand
and apply the content relationships and connectedness among all disciplines
that are part of the district planned program of learning
- Become
proficient in thinking, understanding, interpreting, analyzing, synthesizing,
and applying information
Current planned
programs which do not accurately reflect Pennsylvania’s academic standards
shall be revised in accordance with the procedures identified in the district
Framework for Continuous Improvement of Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment
and Professional Development.
Each teacher shall be responsible for implementing the district K-12 planned
programs which pertain to their instructional assignment(s). |