The community, staff, parents and students share the responsibility of the success of the mission of Adams Central Community Schools.
All students will develop their potential to be productive, well-informed and responsible citizens of the community, the nation and the world through a comprehensive program that strives to meet the intellectual, creative, social, physical and emotional needs of each student. The growth of individuals is encouraged by an on-going process of evaluation and revision of the total learning environment. The total educational program has been designed to facilitate the development of life-long learners.
North Adams provides a variety of programs and services including a comprehensive PreK 鈥� 12 program for high ability students that offers content acceleration and enrichment, Advanced Placement courses in all core content areas, and multiple opportunities for students to obtain dual high school/college credit prior to graduating from Bellmont. High school students also have a variety of technical-vocational opportunities available, including certification in Project Lead the Way, Pathways to Engineering. Additionally, North Adams offers before/afterschool childcare options, a 21st聽Century Community Learning Center that provides afterschool enrichment for Northwest students, individualized programs and services for students with disabilities, state championship athletic programs, jazz and instrumental m探花视频ic opportunities, theatre and speech/debate teams, community education classes, and Adult Basic Education programs that offer credit courses through Ivy Tech, Indiana-Purdue University, and Ball State.
The Mission of Region 8 ESC is to offer educational programming that can be provided more effectively and efficiently on a cooperative basis rather than on an individual school basis.聽 Region 8 ESC also supports activities provided within the local school districts in order to provide the greatest educational opportunities and savings for all students.聽 Region 8 ESC鈥檚 Mission is to both serve and lead in vario探花视频 ways that are beneficial to our member schools