Kanawha County Schools (KCS) is the largest school system in West Virginia. The district serves over 28,000 students, representing the region’s diverse socioeconomic mix. KCS is comprised of 44 elementary schools, 14 middle schools, eight high schools, two career and technical education centers, one adult center, and two community education centers. The Kanawha County School System is dedicated to providing a world-class education that ensures success for every student in the 21st century. KCS serves students located across 913.38 square miles.
Mission Statement: Berkeley County Schools will provide educational excellence for all. Core Beliefs: We believe all students can learn and want to be successful. We believe students learn at different rates and in different ways. We believe curriculum, instruction, and assessment must be aligned, learner-centered, and based on high standards and expectations. We believe students, teachers, parents, and the community are partners in the learning process. We believe in meeting the needs of a growing and diverse population. We believe in promoting positive self esteem, self discipline, and mutual respect. We believe our schools should be safe and welcoming environments that support continued learning. We believe in developing and supporting quality staff. We believe learning is a lifelong process.
Wood County Schools’ proud heritage of academic excellence is the result of community support. Approval of excess levies (a tradition since 1945), support of bond issues (recent $60 million high school construction and renovation), academic and athletic scholarship programs, booster organizations, involvement by the PTA, Partners in Education, and the Chamber of Commerce of the Mid-Ohio Valley's Education Team illustrate the community’s commitment to education. Wood County students live in a district that values education, takes well-deserved pride in past success and strives to meet the challenges of the future. Learning comes first in Wood County Schools as testimonials of excellence are evidenced in above average scores on ACT, SAT, state testing programs, Presidential Scholars, champion Odyssey of the Mind teams, military academy appointments, college scholarships, and in success in the work place. Wood County has a program to meet student needs whether college bound or to enter the world of work. Transition is provided to a state of the art technical preparation curriculum in conjunction with West Virginia University at Parkersburg. Our vision is to work as a community to inspire a passion for learning, pursue excellence and empower students to reach their potential.
The mission of Monongalia County Schools is to work cooperatively with families and the community to: Help all students achieve their educational potential by recognizing and accommodating individual differences; Prepare all students to assume adult roles as responsible, productive citizens in a pluralistic society; Offer curricula to facilitate future employment and/or post secondary education for all students; and Promote lifelong learning that addresses emotional, physical, social, character, and intellectual growth and development; Provide all students with a positive and safe school climate that fosters and facilitates character growth and development.
The mission of Harrison County Schools is to achieve excellence in education, through partnership with home and community, so that each student becomes: a life-long learner; a responsible citizen; a productive member of society.
The Putnam County School system is dedicated to academic achievement for all students. We have a strong history of student support, open communications, fiscal responsibility, and professionalism. In Putnam County, we believe that a rigorous curriculum delivered by highly qualified teachers in an effective environment will foster student success and move students to mastery and beyond. Further, we believe that in partnership with our students, their families, and the community, we can provide the skills, information, and resources to assure that every child will succeed academically. The MISSION of Putnam County Schools is to ensure that every student masters the curriculum and achieves academic success. We will dedicate our time, resources, and practices to closing the achievement gap, bringing all students to mastery and beyond, and preparing every student for success in a diverse and changing world. Working with the home and community, we will build a supportive system characterized by ethical behaviors, mutual respect, professionalism, and collaboration.
Mercer County is located in southern West Virginia nestled in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. The county school system has a population of approximately 9000 students and employs over 1300 people. Mercer County Public Schools offer a broad curriculum encompassing Basic Skills, Advanced Placement, Career Connections, High Schools That Work, Technical Education, Distance Learning, Internet and Computer Technology in all schools, Special Needs Programs, IASA Title I, Dual Credit Courses, JROTC, Adult Literacy Programs, Alternative Education Programs, Community Education, as well as adult evening classes at our Mercer County Technical Education Center.
Jefferson County Board of Education Mission Statement “Our Contract with the Citizens of Jefferson County”: As members of the Jefferson County Board of Education, we will always put our children first in all that we do, as they are our future. We will work constantly to provide excellence in education in all of our schools. Our role is to ensure equality within the school system as well as excellence. We will provide the necessary leadership to ensure public faith and confidence in the Board of Education. We will be available and accountable to the citizens of this county. We will strive constantly to improve the lines of communication between the Board and the citizens as well as among the Board and the teachers, service personnel, and county office personnel. We will provide our teachers, service personnel, and county office personnel with consistent leadership and the resources, learning experiences, and support necessary to excel in their positions. We will account for every expenditure and make the school system budget available and understandable to the people of the county. We will work constantly to find alternative funds to support the budget and to enhance our school system. We will work with our school personnel to improve our curriculum and to ensure that all students in our system are meeting or exceeding grade level requirements. We will ensure that all students who go through our system are prepared for post-secondary education. We will work to fund additional programs that will enhance our students’ education. We will continue seek out the best management and educational practices to adopt throughout our school system. These may be found to exist already within the Jefferson County School System, in similar school systems throughout America, or among similar operations in the private sector. Our goal is to make the Jefferson County System a recognized leader in providing quality education.
Mission: The Wayne County educational system will provide the structure and opportunities necessary for all students to become academically successful, socially responsible and productive in a global society. Vision: The Wayne County education system wll provide a safe, nurturing, challenging and developmentally appropriate environment that empowers all students, pre-school through adult, to value learning as a lifelong pursuit and to enable them to become productive, responsible, and competitive citizens.
Mission Statement: Preparing all students for success in the 21st century, the Fayette County School community is committed to providing a collaborative culture where high expectations, driven by a rigorous and relevant curriculum, allow students to reach their fullest potential.
The mission of Logan County Schools is to provide a high-quality, world-class education that ensures success for every student through excellence in teaching and learning.
Our Mission: Greenbrier County Schools is committed to providing a safe, engaging and dynamic educational environment that produces self-directed learners and empowers citizens of all ages to trust in, invest in, and benefit from public education.
MISSION STATEMENT: Jackson County Schools will provide excellent educational opportunities for ALL students in a safe and orderly environment that fosters respect, trust, honesty and responsibility. VISION: Jackson County Schools: Lighting the way to excellence in education.
Mission: Marshall County Schools will provide a safe, supportive, and high quality learning environment that fosters intellectual, emotional, and social growth, empowering all to become confident, self-directed, lifelong learners in a continuously changing and competitive world.
Our Mission: Boone County Schools will provide rigorous, high quality educational experiences that ensure success for ALL students. Our Vision: High Expectations … Every Student, Every Chance, Every Day!
Mingo County Schools serve the people of Mingo County, West Virginia. Nestled in the Appalachian Mountains of southern West Virginia, Mingo County is West Virginia's youngest county and home to its newest high school, Mingo Central Comprehensive High School. Along with Tug Valley High School, the Mingo County Extended Learning Center, and 11 primary/middle schools, Mingo County Schools provide the students of Mingo County with access to state-of-the-art technology, curricula, and instruction while maintaining the community-driven approach to education that has been the key to student success for over 100 years.
Our Mission: The mission of Mason County Schools, working together as a professional learning community to ensure life-long learning for all in the 21st Century.
Wyoming County Schools envisions students empowered to make career choices in a highly technological and rapidly expanding world of information, and we view our mission as ensuring that all students will have equal opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills necessary to become productive citizens who are academically and technologically literate.
The mission of Randolph County Schools is to focus on student learning in an environment where students feel safe and nurtured and where all students, educators, parents, and community members are valued as important stakeholders.
Nicholas County Schools has approximately 4,100 students and 600 employees. There are 10 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, 2 high schools, and 1 vocational/technical school. The school system ranks in the the top ten districts in West Virginia in student and employee attendance and among the top 15 distrcits in student achievement. Students and teachers are continually recognized for excellence in and out of the classroom with numerous nationals, state, and regional awards.
Vision Statement: Lincoln County Schools will prepare today’s learner to be tomorrow’s leader by having healthy, responsible, self-directed, actively involved stakeholders, come together to take students from where they are to a place of excellence. Mission Statement: All stakeholders working together preparing today’s learners to be tomorrow’s leaders.
Mission - All Hampshire County students will make continuous progress toward mastery or beyond of the essential curriculum including 21st Century skills. Vision - LEARNING FOR ALL...AND ALL MEANS ALL!
MISSION: Brooke County Schools will provide a high quality educational environment that ensures success for every student through excellence in teaching and learning.
The Wetzel County School System is organized around four attendance areas. Three of the four areas are served by an elementary/middle school encompassing grades K-8 and a high school for students in grades 9-12. The exception is Paden City which has an elementary school serving students in grades K-6 and a high school that includes students in grades 7 through 12. In the New Martinsville area, New Martinsville School houses grades K-8 with an enrollment of 887 and Magnolia High School includes grades 9-12 and 428 students. In Paden City, we have Paden City Elementary School (K-6) with 210 students and Paden City High School (7-12) with 151 students. In the Hundred area of Wetzel County are Long Drain School (K-8) with 308 students and our smallest high school--Hundred High School--for grades 9-12 and an enrollment of 113 students. In the "Short Line" area of the County, Short Line School (K-8) is located in the town of Reader and has 461 students and Valley High School (9-12) with 200 students is located in the town of Pine Grove. "Educating Individuals For Success" is the vision statement that was developed by the Wetzel County Schools' Steering Committee and Wetzel County's mission statement is: "to provide opportunities for all individuals to acquire the necessary skills to meet the challenges of the future."
The mission of Barbour County Schools is to provide educational excellence with commitment to learning for all in preparation for the challenges of the 21st century.
Mission Statement: It is the mission of Roane County Schools to provide each student with the best educational opportunities possible and to assist each child in reaching his/her maximum potential - academically, emotionally, physically, and socially.
The Taylor County Board of Education will provide a high quality education which grows the seeds of greatness in every child, teaching them to achieve to their fullest potential, so that they may be globally intelligent and resilient in our 21st Century world.
Core Beliefs: Our students will have the ability to learn and succeed; Our schools will provide safe, supportive and nurturing environments for everyone; Our staff will consist of highly qualified personnel; Our schools will be centers to enhance life-long learning; Our commitment will be to high standards for quality education.
Mission: The Braxton County School System will engage, promote and partner with parents, staff and the community to ensure that ALL students meet or exceed state academic learning standards.
Our Mission: In partnership with the community, Monroe County Schools will lift every child to become a life-long learner who values self and others, has the courage to work for the greater good, and the tenacity to succeed in a changing world.
A predominantly rural county in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, the Grant County School District operates five schools and an Alternative Learning Center, in which approximately 1890 students are currently enrolled. Dorcas Elementary serves grades K – 6; Maysville Elementary serves grades Pre-K – 6; Petersburg Elementary serves grades Pre-K – 6; Petersburg High School serves grades 7 – 12, and; Union Educational Complex serves grades Pre-K – 12. Each school is staffed with highly qualified personnel who work diligently to support and enhance the learning and increase the academic performance of each individual student in a thriving, positive school culture. Grant County Schools’ mission statement, Moving Forward Together, is a simple and eloquent way to encompass what our employees, students, parents and community believe: it takes the collaborative efforts of us all to ensure every child has the benefit of a superior education.
Ritchie County Schools will foster high quality learning for all students by developing the academic and intellectual skills and character necessary to prepare students for life-long learning, productive and responsible citizenship, healthy living, and success in a diverse society.
The Mission of WEBSTER COUNTY schools: Board of Education will assist in creating system conditions, processes, and structures that result in (1) all children mastering the essential curriculum and (2) closing the achievement gaps among sub-groups of the student population.
MISSION STATEMENT: The mission of Tyler County Schools is to provide student-centered learning opportunities that ensure all students will learn to their potential and master the skills, ethical behaviors, and attitudes needed to be successful citizens in a 21st Century economy.
MISSION: While enhancing individual interests and talents to the maximum extent possible, Doddridge County Schools shall provide learning environments that meet the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional needs of all students three through twenty-one years of age.
MISSION STATEMENT: The Pocahontas County Board of Education believes that parent involvement at the early childhood, middle and adolescent levels is absolutely fundamental to a healthy system of public education. Strong partnerships between homes and schools are needed if quality education is to be provided to all children. Parents and teachers, by fostering a sense of cooperative responsibility, can reinforce each other’s efforts. As their children’s first and most enduring teachers, parents can complement their children’s school learning and behavior by serving as collaborators in the educational process. The resulting home-school partnerships can have positive effects on parent, teacher and student attitudes, classroom instruction and student achievement.