School Mission and Objectives

Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide a rewarding and positive learning environment for our students through staff and student teamwork.

The 8 Conditions that Make a Difference

Belonging: Feeling like you are an important part of a group, while knowing you are special for who you are.

Heroes: An everyday person who encourages you to do your best. Someone you look up to and who you can turn to for help when you need it.

Sense of Accomplishment: Being recognized for many different types of success, including hard work and being a good person.

Fun & Excitement: Enjoying what you are doing - whether at work, school, or play.

Curiosity & Creativity: Asking "why?" and "why not?" about the world around you.

Spirit of Adventure: Being excited to try things even when you are not sure if you will be good at them.

Leadership & Responsibility: Making your own decisions and accepting responsibility for those choices.

Confidence to Take Action: Setting goals and taking the steps you need to reach them.

We support the hiring and advancement of all minorities

PHILIPSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT #1

P. O. Box 400

Philipsburg, Mt 59858-0400

www.pburg.k12.mt.us/granite

We are an equal opportunity employer who fully and actively supports equal access for all people,

regardless of Race, Color, Religion, Gender, Age, national Origin or Disability.

School Goals

Philipsburg Schools will provide experiences which:

Lead to the development of the student's abilities in information gathering, problem solving, self evaluation, critical thinking, communication skills, and clarification of a value system so that the student may become a more constructive individual.
Lead to the acquisition of the knowledge and skills needed for a student to earn a living, continue their education, and become a contributing member of society.
Lead the student toward a constructive adaptability to social, environmental, and technological change.
Help the student develop a continual striving for excellence. It shall be a primary task of the school to create a stimulating learning climate for all students. To accomplish this the school shall foster a spirit of inquiry among students that will lead them to express and evaluate their own and others opinions.
Promote emotional health and development, including self-reliance, positive self-esteem, responsibility, and self-understanding.
Lead to an appreciation of leisure time and the skills to use it in creative ways for personal satisfaction and enrichment.
Help the student develop respect for the rights of others as individuals or groups, including an understanding of human relationships.
Help the student function effectively in a group while retaining individuality within the society.
Assist the student in the development of a plan for continuing education based on the realization that a life long plan is needed in a constantly changing society.
Lead to student appreciation and practice of the basic principles of citizen rights and responsibility in governmental processes.

School Philosophy
The Board of Trustees of Philipsburg School District #1 believe the following to be true:

	The main function of Philipsburg School District #1 is to create a positive climate for learning.
	It is our duty to provide a comprehensive educational program which will facilitate and promote an atmosphere conducive to the total growth and development of each student. We must provide positive learning services that will allow each student to develop so that she/he may exercise self direction and self control.
	This educational system will focus on student growth. It will provide each student with a wide variety of positive school experiences. These experiences will include academic and co-curricular activities which will help students understand themselves, their world, and their relationship to it, including their responsibilities and rights as citizens in a democratic, capitalistic society.
	Education is a lifelong process of growth and development during which each student should acquire knowledge, interest, positive ideals and habits so that she/he may find and succeed in her or his place in our society.
	In recognition of the rapid changes in technology in our society, we request continuous advice and support from the citizens of our community, state, and nation, as we endeavor to develop students the attitudes and abilities demanded in this age.
	In the school setting, the teacher has the most immediate effect on learner outcomes, and therefore we will make every effort to employ and support a teaching staff dedicated to the principles stated here in.
	Equal educational opportunity is the right of all learners without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, or handicapping condition, and all laws to this end should be followed promptly and effectively.

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	Belonging: Feeling like you are an important part of a group, while knowing you are special for who you are.
	Heroes: An everyday person who encourages you to do your best. Someone you look up to and who you can turn to for help when you need it.
	Sense of Accomplishment: Being recognized for many different types of success, including hard work and being a good person.
	Fun & Excitement: Enjoying what you are doing - whether at work, school, or play.
	Curiosity & Creativity: Asking "why?" and "why not?" about the world around you.
	Spirit of Adventure: Being excited to try things even when you are not sure if you will be good at them.
	Leadership & Responsibility: Making your own decisions and accepting responsibility for those choices.
	Confidence to Take Action: Setting goals and taking the steps you need to reach them.