Principal's Message:
Welcome to Union School. The staff and faculty are all looking forward to every school year with great anticipation and excitement. It is vitally important the school and parents work closely together to provide the best education we can for all of our students. Through this cooperative effort, it is our goal that each child will be inspired to reach his/her potential. The general goals are listed below.
District/School Goals:
A. Improve Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
1. Written and oral proficiency of all students will be at or above expected levels of performance.
2. The school will implement and regularly update our five-year curriculum plan based on national, state, and local standards of excellence and the assessment of our students.
3. Students will attain annual proficiency goals through well-developed and coordinated curriculum, K - 8 instruction, and assessment aligned with state standards (assessment will include but not be limited to performance on the CMT)
4. Technology curriculum will be updated to include state standards and frameworks.
B. Improve Cultural Diversity
1. To reduce the racial isolation of students and increase their understanding of and skills for handling issues of diversity as identified in EASTCONN's Multicultural Educations standards: Dimensions of Diversity.
2. The school will ensure that all students have an awareness of, and an appreciation of, the diversity within their community and the world at large.
3. The school district will reduce racial, economic and social isolation.
C. Improve Character Education
1. The school will provide a learning environment where all will demonstrate acceptance, respect, and responsibility, thus promoting good citizenship.
2. Our students will demonstrate the character traits of respect, responsibility and acceptance in a school culture that promotes diversity.