Our mission is to provide all students with challenging educational experiences necessary to reach their potential and become informed, responsible citizens.
The mission of the Carver Public Schools
is to provide a challenging, comprehensive education
in a safe environment where all students
are respected as individuals.
Duxbury founded in 1637, was named by Myles Standish after Duxbury Woods in his home town of Chorley, Lancashire, Great Britian. Settled by the Pilgrims Myles Standish, and John Alden in 1624, Duxbury was incorporated in 1637. Duxbury is primarily a residential community on the Atlantic coast in Plymouth County Massachusetts. It is bordered by Cape Cod Bay to the east, Duxbury Bay, Kingston Bay and Plymouth to the southeast, Kingston to the southwest, Pembroke to the west and northwest, and Marshfield to the north.
Duxbury is approximately 35 miles south of Boston and has a more than 14,000 citizens. The Town was a center of shipbuilding until the mid-nineteenth century when ships became too large for the shallow bay. Many historic and beautiful homes from Pilgrim times and the shipbuilding period still exist. Today it is the sixth largest cranberry producer in Massachusetts and has become famous for its oysters.
The town has a total areaof 37.6 miles of which approximately 23 square miles is land and 14 square miles of it is water. There are many ponds and bogs throughout the town. The Back River lies along the western edge of Saquish Neck and has many tributaries from the local rivers, brooks and marshes. In addition there are several sanctuaries, conservation areas and forests througout Duxbury. It is predominately residential (96.4% of assessed value in fiscal 2003), with a very small commercial component.
Snug Harbor on Duxbury Bay, just north of Plymouth Bay, is one of the most attractive recreational boat basins on the Massachusetts coast.
This coastal location continues to play a vibrant role in the character of the community.
Duxbury is a town of choice for families seeking excellent schools, outstanding community services and a pleasant residential atmosphere. The town prides itself on its excellent school system and extensive participation of citizens in community activity. Over 93 % of graduating high school students advanced to higher education.
The East Bridgewater Public Schools provides a comprehensive curriculum that prepares students to be critical thinkers, problem solvers, and effective communicators ready to assume their positions as responsible productive citizens.
The Freetown and Lakeville School District exists to provide all children with a safe haven to develop intellectually, emotionally, artistically, socially, and athletically in an environment that stresses tolerance and understanding. This environment fosters respect for the diversity of our school community. We are also mindful of our responsibility to establish an ethical approach to learning in all of our students. Our communities recognize and respond to the diverse human needs of students and consider developmental differences, individual strengths, human frailties and ambitions of our students and families. As we focus on student learning, we recognize the reality that our students must be life-long learners who are enabled to succeed in a global society as invested citizens.
The mission of Norwell Public Schools, in partnership with the entire community, is to provide excellence in education in a challenging and supportive environment resulting in well-rounded, self-reliant, responsible citizens who are prepared to engage in a global society.
In partnership with parents and the community, the Plymouth Public Schools is committed to providing a comprehensive educational experience that is high quality, challenging, and enables each student to develop and maximize individual potential. Our schools will foster a positive and collaborative environment that encourages and affirms academic achievement and personal excellence and inspires all students to make a positive contribution to society.
To foster in each student a love of learning and high achievement through encouragement to continuously improve in the acquisition of basic skills through work on integrated projects that reflect life's real challenges.
To create a safe, supportive environment where each person treats others with respect, and where a student can try new things and take risks without fearing teasing or failure.
To encourage each student to grow and take increasing responsibility, both academically and socially.
To create and develop in each student an awareness of the diversity both within and outside of the Rising Tide community and encourage tolerance, acceptance, and celebration of differences.
To create a close community of students, teachers, parents and community members who work together to encourage students to develop into successful students and, later, into successful members of their local communities.
The mission of the Scituate Public Schools is to provide the opportunity for a comprehensive education for all students which focuses on cognitive, emotional physical, and social development. The education program fosters students’ reading, writing, calculating, problem-solving, critical thinking skills, and creative expression. The school environment nurtures self-confidence, independence, cooperation, and the physical well-being of all students. The schools encourage students to develop a sense of values and responsibilities which enables them to be contributing members of their communities and of the multicultural, global society. In partnership with the family, the schools guide students toward becoming lifelong learners with a positive outlook on the world.
South Shore Charter Public School is a diverse community that challenges students academically. We prepare young adults for college by inspiring scholastic achievement and fostering life skills to help develop responsible citizens.
SSCPS is fully chartered by the Board of Education of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is publicly funded. The school is governed by an eighteen member Board of Trustees (comprised of parents, community members and a student) that reports to the Department of Education.
Self governance is an important part of the SSCPS experience. Students are encouraged from an early age to be involved in decision-making in the school. Each Level has its own regular town meeting where students discuss community topics and make recommendations. Parents have an Association that meets monthly to talk about school issues. At those meetings parent work together to collectively support the school.
South Shore Vocational Technical High School is dedicated to providing students with personal, technical, academic and life skills. Teachers and staff members take extra care to promote the acquisition of knowledge.
Our purpose is to help students develop technical skills and make well-considered, informed choices about careers, further education and training.
The mission of the West Bridgewater Public Schools is to work together with home and community to provide our students a safe environment in which to acquire the knowledge, skills and values needed for success in a diverse and global society of the 21st Century.
The Whitman-Hanson Regional School District is committed to providing each student with a high quality education that promotes responsible citizenship.