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MISSION STATEMENT
Hollis Elementary School is dedicated to educating the whole student. It is our goal to nurture students and help them become well-rounded, self-respecting, friendly and sensitive individuals. We seek to provide a challenging curriculum with flexibility to meet the needs of each student. We recognize and respect different learning and teaching styles. Our high expectations for academic achievement are balanced with giving students a broader sense of the world and the desire to perform service to others.
Adopted by School Board 2/1/90 Reaffirmed 9/9/99
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT FORTY-ONE
Brookline, Hollis & Hollis/Brookline Cooperative School Districts
School Administrative Unit 41 (SAU 41) provides the administrative services for the K-12 schools in our town of Hollis and that of Brookline, New Hampshire. There currently are 6 buildings between the two communities: Hollis Primary, grades K-3; Hollis Upper Elementary, grades 4-6; Richard Maghakian Memorial, grades K-4; Captain Samuel Douglass Academy, grades 5-6; Hollis Brookline Middle School, grades 7-8; Hollis Brookline High School, grades 9-12. The SAU currently enrolls over two thousand students with an expanding student population that has increased by 30 percent over the past four years.
Three school boards provide governance for the schools: The Hollis School Board, grades K-6 (5 members); the Brookline Board, grades R-6 (3 members) and the Hollis Brookline Cooperative School Board, grades 7-12 (7 members). The SAU Board, composed of all 15 board members, helps to coordinate K-12 ongoing programs through discussion with SAU staff.
SAU 41 OVERARCHING GOALS
1. Every classroom will become a model of instructional excellence in providing for the range of needs of students.
2. Teachers' professional goals will target providing for the range of pupil need through differentiated instruction.
3. Assessment will be used to determine how well student needs are being met.