Mission

          The North Spencer County School Corporation meets the needs of all students, enabling each individual to achieve his/her fullest potential.

Beliefs

• High ability students have a right to an appropriate education, one grounded in recognition of individual differences and unique learning needs.


• High ability students require instruction responsive to their individual learning rate, style, and complexity.


• High ability students need time to interact with their intellectual peers in order to nurture and support their cognitive needs.


• High ability students need time to interact with their age/grade peers in order to nurture and support their social development.


• Learning environments must incorporate activities to help students develop the following traits and skills: independence, openness to new ideas, innovation, exploration, self-monitoring, creativity, planning, decision-making, and other exclusive thinking processes.


• Meeting the cognitive and affective needs of high ability students must be an integral part of the high ability program.