Welcome to the Ross Valley School District
Our Mission is to provide the quality educational experience all students deserve, which is grounded in best practices, reflects the highest academic standards, and is responsive to community expectations.
We keep the focus on our students, and we are committed to providing a program of academic excellence, cultural richness, social, emotional, and physical development that educates, supports, challenges and inspires the whole child.
The Ross Valley School District:
- provides diverse opportunities and
experiences so all children experience success
- nurtures
curiosity and supports the development of critical thinking which
together provide the foundation for life-long learning
- engages students in a range of creative
outlets including performing and visual arts
- engages students in caring for the social
and natural worlds around them
- models life-long learning through continuous
program
improvement and professional development
- draws on educational research, available
data, and current best practices to inform all aspects of our
work—academics, social-emotional support, district governance,
school operations
- ensures successful student and family
transitions into the district, and from grade to grade and school
to school, including attention to articulated curricula
- attracts, supports, and retains an excellent
teaching, administrative, and support staff
- provides school grounds and facilities that
are safe, well-equipped, maintained, and realize the best use of
the community’s investment in them
- engages the full school community in an
authentic and respectful manner
- communicates proactively and effectively throughout the District so that students, families, teachers, staff, and the entire community are informed and empowered to participate
