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=**Mission and Goals **=

//The Mission of the Bennington Public Schools is to provide educational opportunities in a safe, caring environment that will prepare all students to meet the challenges of the future. //

The School Improvement Goals of the Bennington Public Schools are:

1. Students will improve literacy skills across the curriculum; they will be able to gather, organize, process, evaluate, analyze and present information in a coherent, ethical and responsible manner.

2. Students will reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across the curriculum. They will demonstrate number sense, geometry, measurement, algebra, probability and data analysis concepts.

3. Continue to promote a positive school environment through the application of a school-wide discipline system that includes proactive strategies for defining, teaching, and supporting appropriate student behaviors.

[|BPS Profile 2012]