Welcome

Welcome to the Morristown schools and community of Morrisville, Vermont! This site documents many of the programs and activities that happen daily in the Morristown School District and our community, and, the manner in which we plan for our children. The community of Morrisville loves its children and cares deeply about their physical, intellectual, and emotional development. Our district is proud of our past while focused on the future. Our children excel in academic achievement, thanks to the strong relationships that exist between our families, schools, and community.

There’s much more to our district than statistics and scores. In Morrisville, you’ll discover a warm, safe, and nurturing environment for your child in every classroom. Please visit and discover our district first hand. We welcome your questions and appreciate your interest.

District Vision

"A community of learners with the courage to grow"

District Mission

As a community of learners with the courage to grow, we are committed to creating and sustaining an environment which nurtures student wellness and success. We facilitate high level student performance across a range of disciplines, instill intellectual curiosity and a life long love of learning, and foster responsible citizenship that acknowledges an increasingly diverse and rapidly changing world.

District Core Values

Respect, with a focus on both excellence and equity, and collaboration which includes the whole community lead to success for all.

Community Goals

1. Each child will be healthy, physically safe, emotionally secure and supported by all elements of the community.

2. Each child will be able to achieve their full potential in terms of academic skills, which allows for future opportunity and choices and social and personal development.

3. Each child will be a lifelong learner with intellectual curiosity, the skills to solve problems, and the ability to communicate in a variety of ways.

4. Each child will become responsible for his/her own choices and will contribute to the advancement of the community.

*Developed in 1994 by community members and the school Community Service and Support Task Force.

District Parameters - What guides our work?
1. We maintain a safe environment conductive to learning.

2. We provide a rigorous academic program.

3. New programs or services will be undertaken only when consistent with the strategic plan, the benefits clearly exceed costs & evaluation.

4. A program or service will be retained only if it continues to make an optimal contribution to the mission & the benefits justify the cost.

5. We operate in a fiscally responsible manner by balancing the best interest of students with the community’s ability and willingness to pay.

6. Behavior of students, staff or community members which diminishes the dignity or self-worth of any individual will not be tolerated.

7. The decision making process is based on data and is linked to a systemic Pre K-12 perspective.

8. Adults in the district assume personal responsibility for modeling a positive professional contribution to the work of the Pre K-12 system.

9. We act on our awareness that we are part of a community and serve its youth. We listen to our community’s input, we embrace their goals, and we report to them on the effect of our work.

District Objectives - Where are we headed?

1. All students will demonstrate they have met or exceeded Vermont standards for communication, reasoning and problem-solving, personal development, and social responsibility at each appropriate benchmark.

2. All students will have access to varied technologies and demonstrate they have met or exceeded the District standards for effective use of those technologies at each appropriate benchmark.

3. All students will utilize available data to develop and achieve challenging annual objectives, that reflect their awareness of themselves as learners.

4. All students will demonstrate they have met or exceeded the District literacy standards at each appropriate benchmark.

5. All students will have access to a school system that is flexibly designed to help them meet student performance objectives to prepare them for citizenship in the 21st century.

Partnership for Learning

The Morristown School District, and the parents of students attending Peoples Academy High School agrees that this compact outlines how the parents, the entire school staff, and the students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership that will help children achieve high standards.

*See School & Parent Responsibilities in the section below.

Partnership for Learning.. continued
SCHOOL RESPONSIBILITIES
Peoples Academy High School will:
1. provide high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables children to meet the state’s student academic achievement standards,
2. hold parent-teacher conferences during which this compact will be discussed as it relates to the individual student’s achievement,
3. provide parents with frequent reports on their children’s progress,
4. provide parents reasonable access to staff,
5. provide parents opportunities to volunteer and participate in their child’s class, and to observe classroom activities.

PARENT RESPONSIBILITIES
We, as parents, will support our children’s learning in the following ways:
1. encourage our children to put a high priority on education and work with them on a daily basis to make the most of the educational opportunities the school provides,
2. be sure our children come to school each day prepared, rested, and ready to learn,
3. become familiar with our children’s school activities and with academicprograms,
4. attend scheduled conferences and request additional conferences as needed,
5. volunteer, when appropriate, in our schools,
6. participate, as appropriate, in decisions relating to our children’s education,
7. promote positive use of our children’s extracurricular time.