From the School Board
November 2019
HSSD GRADUATE PROFILE
The
Howard-Suamico School District (HSSD) vision is an authentic, innovative, connected, and inspired experience for an ever-changing future. In order to achieve this vision for our
students, HSSD Graduate Profile has been developed to include seven
characteristics that are at the center of learning in our schools and
community. Graduate Profile characteristics
are critical skills for engaged citizenship, successful career paths, and
meaningful community involvement.
Graduate Profile characteristics include self-starter, critical thinker,
collaborator, communicator, adaptable, responsible, and solutionist. Rigorous
academic standards present daily opportunities for students to demonstrate
profile characteristics in our classrooms. Foundational academic skills learned
and measured alongside the graduate profile characteristics accentuate a
whole-student experience in HSSD.
Throughout
the year, the Board of Education monitors student performance in HSSD Graduate
Profile seven characteristics. At the October 21 Board meeting, we talked with
teachers from multiple grade levels and observed mathematics lessons in action
with students developing critical thinker and solutionist skills. At the November 18 Board meeting, we met with
teachers and literacy coaches and observed literacy lessons in action with
students growing as communicators.
To provide
rich learning opportunities, instructional practices are now emphasizing performance
tasks so that students can grow and learn these seven characteristics. Seeing our students intentionally developing
HSSD Graduate Profile characteristics is exciting and rewarding because we know
they are being prepared to thrive in our complex and rapidly changing
world. For more information about the
Howard-Suamico School District, Board of Education, please visit our website at
www.hssdschools.org, or for additional information regarding this article,
contact school board member Rachelle Paulsen at rachpaul@hssdschools.org
