Homer Community Schools

Homer Community Schools

Board of Education Vision Statement

Homer Community Schools
‘The Destination District’
For the Education of Students in the 21st Century

Mission Statement

It is the mission of Homer Community Schools to create an environment that engages students in learning that results in a high level of achievement. All students are expected to master challenging curricula with the support of our school community working collaboratively with colleagues, students, parents and the community to achieve this shared educational purpose.


Board of Education Goals 2009-10

1.  Student achievement: Homer students will meet or exceed standards for state assessments and meet requirements for graduation.  We will continue to strengthen professional learning teams as part of the culture to sustain progress and use data to identify and focus on areas for improvement.

2. Curriculum alignment: The curriculum will be continually updated to be aligned with state benchmarks vertically K-12 and horizontally within each grade.  Decisions will be data-driven.

3. School improvement: Continue to grow, develop and empowerment of teacher-led, school improvement teams to increase student achievement.

4.  Professional development: Develop a long term, research-based professional development plan to ensure, sustain, and provide resources for effective professional development for ALL staff to support student achievement and curriculum alignment.

5.  Communication: Further strengthen internal and external communication utilizing various strategies including technology.

6.   Board Goal: Provide a safe, innovative, quality learning environment to prepare students with skills for success in the 21st century.  Using inclusive internal and external input, develop a facilities plan and a three to five-year financial plan to maintain or improve upon our current financial standing.