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Strategic Plan
2010-2014

Mission:

“Educating all students to reach their full potential as responsible citizens.”

Beliefs:


* All students can learn and be successful.
*Students must be full participants in their own learning.
*Staff is a district’s most important resource.
*Leadership is a shared responsibility.
*Schools and communities have a responsibility to be accepting, productive and cooperative with one another.
*Communities, families and their cultural values are the cornerstones of student learning.

Goals:

*We will implement a culturally responsive standards-based curriculum.
*We will foster supportive relationships to promote student success.
*We will utilize available data to address all students’ educational needs.

Parameters:

*We will never give up on students.
*We will hold students responsible for their actions.
*We will never lower standards.
*We will not allow discrimination of any kind.
*We will make decisions based on the best interest of our students.
About AGSD
AGSD encompasses 28,000 square miles extending north from the Alaska Range to the Yukon River and Canadian border. Schools are located in the communities of Dot Lake, Eagle, Tanacross, Tetlin, Tok, Mentasta Lake, and Northway. There is also a district-wide correspondence school. All schools are K-12 except Tanacross, which is K-8.

AGSD services approximately 415 students in seven communities. Distances between the Central Office in Tok and outlying schools range from 12 to 173 miles. All schools are on the road system. Eagle is a fly-in site for seven months of the year.

The district is located in the eastern interior of Alaska with extreme weather conditions. The average low temperature in January is -32 degrees; the average high during July is 72 degrees. The region abounds with wildlife including moose, caribou, bear, Dahl sheep, arctic hare, fox and coyote. Canada geese, swans, cranes and ducks and a variety of fish make use of the ponds and lakes in the area.
 

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P.O. Box 226 Tok, Alaska 99780
PH: (907) 883-5151 FAX: (907) 883-5154
General questions may be sent to the District Office
In accordance with Federal law and USDA policy, this institution may not discriminate due to race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write to: USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington DC 20250-9410 or call (202)-720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA and this institution are equal opportunity provider and employer.