Welcome To SAD #4

MSAD #4
A Great Place to Learn

 
 
VISION

Our schools strive to educate 21st century citizens who will be lifelong learners and responsible contributors to society through cooperation with family and community.

MISSION

SAD #4 schools prepare students for the future by providing a challenging education that builds academic competence, develops responsible, productive citizens, encourages creativity, promotes lifelong learning, and advances critical thinking and technological skills.  Our schools reflect a commitment to personal well-being and foster respect for self and others.

 

 
DISTRICT GOALS
 
1. Recognizing the existence of declining enrollments, SAD #4 will strive to maintain and improve existing curriculum and programs. 
 
2. Expand communication with the citizens to solicit their involvement and ideas in determining alternatives to the impact of declining enrollments.
 
3. Examine options to the impact of declining enrollments and establish a unified school board response. 
 
4. Provide a physical, social, and emotional safe environment for students and staff in a changing social environment. 
 
K-12 EDUCATIONAL GOALS

Each graduate of MSAD #4 schools will be a clear and effective communicator who uses oral, written, visual, artistic, and technological modes of expression; reads, listens to, and interprets messages from multiple sources; and uses English proficiently and is familiar with at least one other language.

A self-directed, self-assessing, life-long learner who creates career and education plans that reflect personal goals, interests and skills, and available resources; demonstrates the capacity to undertake independent study; and finds and uses information from multiple resources, e.g., libraries, electronic databases.

A creative and practical problem solver who observes situations objectively to define problems clearly and accurately; frames questions and designs data collection and analysis strategies from all disciplines to answer those questions; identifies patterns, trends, and relationships that apply to solutions to problems, builds a case for the best response, and critically evaluates the effectiveness of this response.

A responsible and involved citizen who recognizes the power of personal participation to affect society and demonstrates participation skills; understands the importance of accepting responsibility for personal decisions and actions; knows the means of achieving physical, social, emotional, and intellectual well-being; and recognizes and understands the diverse nature of society.

A collaborative and quality worker who knows the structure and functions of the labor market; assesses individual interests, aptitudes, skills, and values in relation to demands of the workplace; and demonstrates reliability, flexibility, and concern for excellence.

An informed and integrative thinker who applies knowledge and skills in and across English language arts, visual and performing arts, foreign languages, health and physical education, mathematics, science and technology, social studies, and career preparation; and comprehends relationships among different modes of thought and methods associated with the traditional disciplines.