Howard-Suamico School District VISION: An authentic, innovative, connected, and inspired experience for an ever-changing future.
MISSION: The mission of the Howard-Suamico School District is to work together with families and community to ensure that our students have the knowledge and skills to succeed in a changing world.
CORE VALUES: • We believe in and advocate for every student, every family, every day. • We commit to build and provide each student with an equitable opportunity for academic, social, and emotional success.
• We engage collaboratively -
community, families, staff and students - to create a safe, welcoming, and high-quality learning environment for all.
• We pursue and deliver the highest standards and qualities of excellence.
NEWSLETTER
Fall 2022
Community Support Guides District I am pleased to report that the 2022-23 school year is off to a great start in HSSD. I believe excellence is intentional. I am proud of the preparation by our teachers, support staff, and leadership that makes a great start Damian LaCroix, possible. Superintendent District leaders began planning last spring to prioritize our work that supports student learning and growth this school year. Community voice is a critical component of this planning. We are grateful for your participation in the Community Engagement Survey earlier this year and for your guidance regarding resource allocation and decision-making. We asked survey respondents to choose five areas you believe should be the focus of our resources and planning efforts. More than 1,000 community members responded. The top three responses are: 1. Better prepare students for life after high school 2. Recruit and retain high-quality staff 3. Expand social/emotional/mental health services for students
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We listened to your survey feedback and are excited about this work and other priorities in front of us this school year. In this newsletter, read how an award-winning partnership with SMT Machine & Tool is preparing students for life after high school; learn more about the community support that made possible our inaugural HSSD CARE Awards to celebrate our staff; and check out the schedule for the second year of our “Educate, Empower, Engage” mental health events open to families, students, and community members. In addition, the Howard-Suamico Education Foundation (HSEF) has been an excellent steward of community dollars and we are excited to celebrate its 30th anniversary! Read more about this milestone on pages 10-11. At our fall back-to-school convocation event, I shared with our staff the theme for the school year, “Dare to Lead.” In HSSD we are inspired to lead according to our mission: we will work together with families and community to ensure our students have the knowledge and skills to succeed in a changing world. Thank you for your continued partnership! Together, Damian LaCroix, Superintendent
Community partners from Miron Construction and EUA joined HSSD leaders to present an HSSD CARE Award to Meadowbrook Elementary secretary Melissa Martinson in May 2022.
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