The educational goals for the School District of the City of St. Charles focus on the student and
address quality in education. The goals are relevant to the lives of students of any age, whether
in formal institutions of learning, programs of continuing education or any learning environment.
The goals adopted by the school district correspond closely to those that have been established for
all Missouri schools by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The
four categories of goals may be related to formalized school experiences or individual attainment.
Regardless of the language, responsibility is placed upon both the school and the student.
Appropriate outcomes necessitate that citizens, educators and especially the students make wise
use of available resources. The goals are intertwined; no one goal stands apart from the rest.
These goals help define performance objectives for students, identify tasks to be performed by
teachers in giving life to those objectives, and help determine means for evaluating student
progress.
Intellectual Development
It is the goal of the district that each individual will have the opportunity to develop his or her
intellectual ability to the extent of his or her developmental capacity. The development of
intellectual ability should include not only the acquisition of knowledge but also the creative ability
to process and use that knowledge so that each individual becomes a literate and worthwhile
member of society.
In order to acquire the desired knowledge and fundamental intellectual processes, the Board of
Education believes that each individual should become proficient in:
► Communication -- Each individual will have the opportunity to develop proficiency in and
a positive attitude toward: reading, writing, listening, speaking and spelling.
► Quantitative Thinking -- Each individual will have the opportunity to develop proficiency
in and a positive attitude toward: numeration, computation, mathematical analysis and
reasoning.
► Social Processes -- Each individual will have the opportunity to develop proficiency in and
a positive attitude toward: the history of mankind's relation to its social environment,
mankind's relation to its contemporary environment, the development of governmental
systems, the evolution of major and minor world cultures and the development of historical
and contemporary social and ethnic problems.
► Scientific Understanding -- Each individual will have the opportunity to develop
proficiency in and a positive attitude toward: life sciences, earth sciences and physical
sciences.
► Aesthetic Sensitivity -- Each individual will have the opportunity to develop proficiency in
and a positive attitude toward: visual and performing arts and aesthetic qualities of his or
her environment including both natural and manmade structures.
Physical Development
It is the goal of the district that each individual will have opportunity to develop knowledge,
understanding and/or skills in the process of:
► Growth and Maturation -- Each individual will have the opportunity to develop a positive
attitude toward growth and maturation as well as knowledge, understanding and skills in
the process of the human organism from conception through old age. Family living and
sex education instruction will be provided according to state and district guidelines.
► Health -- Each individual will have the opportunity to develop a positive attitude toward
health, hygiene, nutrition and safety as well as knowledge, understanding and skills in the
principles which are necessary to ensure a properly functioning body and mind.
► Recreation -- Each individual will have the opportunity to develop a positive attitude
toward games and activities as well as knowledge, understanding and skills in group and
individual games and activities.
Social Development
It is the goal of the district that each individual will have opportunity to develop social skills to
the extent of his or her developmental ability. These skills should be related to:
► Social and Physical Environment -- Each individual will have the opportunity to develop
proficiency in appropriate interpersonal relationships in the home and larger society and
in the conservation of natural and manufactured resources.
► Cultural Awareness -- Each individual will have the opportunity to develop a respect for
and a knowledge of persons of different racial, religious and/or social backgrounds based
on meaningful personal experiences.
► Governmental Institutions and Citizenship -- Each individual will have the opportunity to
develop proficiency in appropriate skills related to participation in school and civic affairs;
development, enactment and enforcement of laws; and the creation and function of
governmental organization.
► Avocational Pursuits -- Each individual will have the opportunity to develop proficiency
in self-selected areas of interest which provide for appropriate nonvocational use of time
and other resources.
► Concept of Self, Morality and Values -- Each individual will have the opportunity to
develop positive moral, spiritual and ethical values. He or she will develop an
understanding and acceptance of himself or herself -- his or her own worth and
potentialities.
Career Development
It is the goal of the district that each individual be provided with career exploration opportunities.
Career development should include all aspects necessary in developing a way of life. These
activities should be related to:
► Social Significance of Work -- Each individual will have the opportunity to develop positive
attitudes toward the personal and social significance of work and will have the opportunity
to develop and expand his or her occupational awareness and aspirations.
► Occupational Exploration -- Each individual will have the opportunity to evaluate his or
her interest, aptitudes, abilities and needs as they relate to occupational roles and will have
the opportunity to explore (actual or simulated) broad occupational clusters to lead him or
her toward tentative career selection.
► Occupational Preparation -- Each individual will have the opportunity to acquire the
knowledge and skills in a selected occupational cluster for job entry and/or further
education.
► Occupational Education (Adult Training and/or Retraining) -- Opportunity will be
provided for adults to receive training and/or retraining necessary for appropriate
employment or job upgrading.
Organization of Instruction
The organization of instruction is designed to meet the standards established by the Missouri
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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Note: The reader is encouraged to check the index located at the beginning of this
section for other pertinent policies and to review administrative procedures
and/or forms for related information.
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Adopted: 10/14/1993
Revised: 09/14/1995
Cross Refs: AD, School District Mission
St. Charles School District, St. Charles, Missouri
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