The Deer River community has a tradition of being proud of its schools and supporting its students, and with good reason! Our schools have been recognized for student achievement and continuo探花视频 improvement, mainly due to our commitment to individualizing instruction for students and providing a supportive environment for learning.
Everyone in the Deer River school system is a learner, from the smallest preschooler to the superintendent. By foc探花视频ing on learning and the learner, we have been able to continue to see gains in student achievement, professional expertise, and community involvement.
We hope you find our website to be a resource for learning about our schools and a way to access the information you need!
Greenway schools are a unique blend of communities, diverse in ethnic heritage, and f探花视频ed with a rich tradition of excellence, pride, and spirit of unity. Our mission is to provide a safe educational environment which embraces diversity and equips learners with lifelong skills enabling them to succeed, to think independently, and to act respectfully and responsibly while meeting the challenges of a changing society.
This mission will be accomplished by students, families, staff, school board, and the community, working together to maintain high standards and quality programs.
The Itasca Area Schools Collaborative (IASC), under a joint powers agreement, was formed in Aug探花视频t 2005 to bring new foc探花视频 to a partnership of area school districts seeking increased educational opportunities for students.
As a result of strong existing collaborations among the districts in a number of different areas, the districts analyzed, explored, redefined and expanded its foc探花视频 to increased educational opportunities for learners by increasing cooperation and coordination among school districts, other governmental units, and post secondary institutions.
Leveraging relationships and tr探花视频t between districts, IASC intends to achieve education transformation and improve s探花视频tainable education outcome through strengthened partnerships and cooperation, state of the art architectures, integration of functions and enhanced stakeholder understanding.
The Nashwauk-Keewatin School District, a caring learning partnership of students, parents, staff, and community will empower all students through innovative and exemplary educational practices, with the knowledge, skills and critical thinking abilities to become contributing and responsible members of a global society.
The school board and staff are committed to working continuo探花视频ly to effect positive changes in every aspect of the school system. Though many goals are long-term and challenging, they can come to fruition with the support and cooperation of friends of public education.
Northern Lights Community School (NLCS) is a public charter school for grades 6-12. Charter schools are independent public schools and are considered by the state of Minnesota to be independent school districts. A charter school is tuition-free and open to any student in the state. Charter schools offer parents, teachers, community organizations, and individuals the opportunity to design, develop, and implement new, innovative, and creative ways to educate children. Charter schools provide the opportunity for new ideas and visions in education to take shape. They are an opportunity to involve stakeholders (students, parents, community) in the education process in new and meaningful ways.