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Vision

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is a caring, inclusive and engaging district which exists so the students it serves can attain the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue the future of their choosing and are equipped to navigate and thrive in our rapidly changing world.

Mission

To engage and inspire all students to innovate, achieve and succeed in a safe environment by ensuring high-quality instruction in every classroom, every day.

Strengths

At Adams 12 Five Star Schools, we:

• Care
• Collaborate
• Empower
• Engage
• Focus on Students

Read Strength Stories: Read stories from the ELEVATE process and more. 
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Focus Areas

	21st CENTURY LEARNERS Students collaborate, think critically, problem-solve and are digitally literate to thrive in today’s ever-changing world.
	DIVERSE LEARNING Students receive engaging learning experiences and the focused-attention they need through appropriate student-to-staff ratios and varied programming.
	OUTSIDE-THE-CLASSROOM LEARNING Students have multiple learning opportunities outside the traditional classroom providing various pathways to success.
	SAFE SCHOOLS Student learning is supported by providing a safe and secure environment.
	SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING Students are provided innovative social-emotional programming and practices across all schools.
	WORLD-CLASS STAFF Staff is compensated, supported and trained to foster student success and family partnerships.

Goals

The six focus areas drive the plan to achieve the following three goals:

Prioritized Investments

In its commitment to “move from steps to strides”, the Adams 12 Five Star Schools Board of Education prioritized a series of investments aligned to ELEVATE, the community’s new strategic plan for our schools. Thanks to the support of the Five Star community, Ballot Issue 5C was passed on November 6, 2018. The Ballot Issue represents a $27 million funding measure to jump-start priorities identified through ELEVATE. Read more about the prioritized investments.

Say Thank You

How do we continue to ELEVATE student success? By living out our strategic plan every day. One way we do that is to recognize and thank people who are doing so. Know someone who is living out our district strengths? Say Thank You with a note!