ISD 624

White Bear Lake Area Schools Community Services Department

Mission Statement

We believe in implementing best practices that help all youth
discover their strengths by providing safe, fun, and culturally responsive
environments that build skills, confidence, and community.”

Building Skills

We will build skills by...

• Providing youth enrichment, leadership, and service learning experiences that build self confidence, heighten school/community connectedness and are attractive to all students.
• Examining current educational practices and how they affect student learning.
• Implementing programs that provide health-promoting knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes.
• Offering challenging and supportive programs that build on the strengths of our youth
• Collaborating with families and the community to reduce risk factors and enhance protective factors.
• Providing staff development opportunities to facilitate learning experiences that guide and empower youth.
• Preparing teachers to effectively facilitate learning for every individual student, no matter how culturally similar or different from himself/herself.

Building Confidence

We will build confidence by...

• Engaging youth in problem solving, solution building, and decision making experiences.
• Fostering the development of healthy, competent, caring, contributing, and responsible youth in our schools and community.
• Empowering every student to achieve her/his potential.

Building Community

We will build community by...

• Building capacity of every member of the school community to participate in an intercultural society.
• Producing socially and critically active staff and students.
• Including the voices and experiences of all students.
• Developing positive relationships amongst and between youth and adults in the schools and community.

Contact

Richard Chakolis
651-407-7544
richard.chakolis@isd624.org
4855 Bloom Avenue, Room 106
White Bear Lake, MN 55110