Members of the GJCS Vision Team began the process of developing our vision by examining data regarding our perceptual beliefs about our educational system, demographic trends, and student performance data. Through these activities, stakeholders prioritized and determined that our ultimate goal was to create lifelong learners. Thus our vision statement is “Learning for Life.” It was also important to our stakeholders to further clarify our vision through a set of belief statements. These beliefs statements represent key tasks in accomplishing our vision.
Northeast Dubois County School Corporation is located in the northeast corner of Dubois County in southwestern Indiana. The school corporation serves the communities of Celestine, Crystal, Cuzco, Dubois, Haysville, and Hillham. Our corporation is a rural farming community, which is primarily involved with the poultry industry. We have one high school, grades 9-12, one middle school, grades 5-8, and one elementary school, grades K-4 which are located in the town of Dubois. We also have an elementary school, grades K-4, located in the town of Celestine. Our overall corporation enrollment for the 2006-2007 school year is 936. We have a total certified staff of 52.5, giving us a 17.8 to 1 student-to-staff ratio for the corporation.
Southeast Dubois Co Schools are located in the three townships of the southeast section of Dubois County (Ferdinand, Jackson, and Jefferson. Two towns (Ferdinand,& Birdseye), and many small communities are located in our district. We are a PK-12 public school district with an enrollment of around 1300 students.
The mission of The Southern Education Center (SEC) is to provide leadership, support, academic excellence, and personal growth opportunities while continuously strengthening and improving Ocean County College's comprehensive student-centered culture. We accomplish this through collaboration with all college departments, by offering an academic extension site that includes credit and non-credit courses, educational, career, and personal development programming, as well as a wide range of student services tailored to develop student strengths, increase the college's student retention and student success rates, and to meet the needs of all constituents in the southern portion of Ocean County.
The mission of the Southwest Dubois County School Corporation is to provide our students with a comprehensive educational program which will be a foundation for their life long educational needs. Our program will promote excellence, encourage community participation, and be a reflection of the high expectations and values of the citizens of our school corporation.