{"id":3116,"date":"2017-12-03T19:53:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T00:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.3.0.224\/?page_id=3116"},"modified":"2026-10-15T10:42:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T14:42:03","slug":"vision-and-mission-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/district\/boe\/vision-and-mission-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision and Mission Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pvcsd-page\">\n<div class=\"pvcsd-page-header\">\n<h2>Vision and Mission Statement<\/h2>\n<p>Putnam Valley Central School District<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pvcsd-section-grid\">\n<section class=\"pvcsd-section-card pvcsd-section-card-wide pvcsd-announcement\">\n<h2 data-icon=\"\ud83c\udf1f\">Vision Statement<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pvcsd-section-card-content\"><strong>The Child First and Foremost: Building a Foundation for the Future<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"pvcsd-section-card pvcsd-section-card-wide pvcsd-announcement\">\n<h2 data-icon=\"\ud83c\udfaf\">Mission Statement<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pvcsd-section-card-content\">The PVCSD, in partnership with our families and community, will ensure that all students are engaged in a challenging, student-focused educational program, understand and assume their responsibility for life-long learning, work to achieve their personal best and become productive citizens in a diverse global society.<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div>\n<section class=\"pvcsd-section-card\">\n<h2 data-icon=\"\ud83d\udcda\">A life long learner who:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pvcsd-section-card-content\">\n<ul class=\"pvcsd-bullet-list\">\n<li>Demonstrates proficiency in a core foundation of academics<\/li>\n<li>Possesses skills to pursue success in future endeavors<\/li>\n<li>Participates in or\/and appreciates the arts<\/li>\n<li>Utilizes available resources and technologies<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrates complex thinking, problem solving and decision making skills<\/li>\n<li>Takes risks that lead to positive outcomes in learning<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrates self-awareness, initiative, motivation and determination to achieve personal best<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"pvcsd-section-card\">\n<h2 data-icon=\"\ud83e\udd1d\">A respectful and responsible citizen who:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pvcsd-section-card-content\">\n<ul class=\"pvcsd-bullet-list\">\n<li>Functions appropriately in family, workplace, community and society<\/li>\n<li>Makes informed moral judgements and ethical decisions<\/li>\n<li>Recognizes and responds to the needs and rights of others<\/li>\n<li>Actively engages in the enhancement and preservation of the environment<\/li>\n<li>Participates in the democratic process<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrates an awareness of community and responsibility to the community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section class=\"pvcsd-section-card\">\n<h2 data-icon=\"\ud83e\udde9\">A cooperative worker who:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pvcsd-section-card-content\">\n<ul class=\"pvcsd-bullet-list\">\n<li>Thinks independently and successfully collaborates with others<\/li>\n<li>Respects individual and other points of view<\/li>\n<li>Investigates, evaluates and revises ideas with an open mind<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"pvcsd-section-card\">\n<h2 data-icon=\"\ud83d\udcac\">An effective communicator who:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pvcsd-section-card-content\">\n<ul class=\"pvcsd-bullet-list\">\n<li>Demonstrates competency in reading, writing, listening and speaking for a variety of purposes<\/li>\n<li>Appropriately uses multiple forms of expression to enhance and improve knowledge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"pvcsd-section-card\">\n<h2 data-icon=\"\ud83d\udcaa\">A physically and mentally healthy individual who:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pvcsd-section-card-content\">\n<ul class=\"pvcsd-bullet-list\">\n<li>Understands and exercises effective mental and physical health practices<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrates confidence and self-worth in positive risk taking endeavors<\/li>\n<li>Assumes responsibility for his\/her actions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vision and Mission Statement Putnam Valley Central School District Vision Statement The Child First and Foremost: Building a Foundation for the Future Mission Statement The PVCSD, in partnership with our families and community, will ensure that all students are engaged in a challenging, student-focused educational program, understand and assume their responsibility for life-long learning, work&hellip; 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