The mission of Chester Community Unit School District #139 is to provide an education for all students in a safe environment that develops the academic, social and critical thinking skills necessary to become responsible and contributing members of our changing society.
To promote life long learning and enhance the health and well being of children, families, schools, and communities; using a strengths based perspectives; and serving children through a proactive, preventative, team approach.
The mission of the Prairie du Rocher School is to empower all students with the necessary critical thinking skills to understand, evaluate, and assimilate a broad range of knowledge. The school will encourage the development of character, problem-solving, and self-motivation so that students may become independent life-long learners, which will prepare them for success as adults in the 21st century.
Education is a lifelong process whereby an individual grows and develops in accordance with his/her experience and abilities. In Red Bud Community Unit District No. 132 we believe that intellectual development is of primary importance. Critical thinking and problem solving as well as mastery of basic skills and fundamental processes are the primary foundations upon which we base our educational philosophy. In addition, we feel that growth and development must be carefully and constructively directed through positive experiences which will foster well-rounded, productive moral and cultural values. If we are to build strong character, we must offer each student a variety of learning experiences, both curricular and extracurricular, that satisfy his/her needs by helping him/her mature physically, psychologically and intellectually. Such experiences should reinforce the student's self-concept and instill in him/her a sense of dignity and a respect for the educational process itself. To realize our ideals we must build and retain a competent, cooperative staff who not only demand academic excellence but remain constantly attentive to necessary curriculum changes as well as changes in the total school environment.