Our Mission
The Carver Center Community provides a transformative experience in a safe and academically challenging environment. Students expand their craft, talents, and passions, allowing them to embrace their individuality and innovate in the wider world.
Our Vision
All Carver Center graduates will acquire the knowledge, skills, passion, and perspectives that enable them to be equity-minded, visionary, and courageous leaders in an increasingly dynamic and interdependent world.
Our Beliefs
The administration, faculty, staff, parents, and students share a common vision and operate on the following beliefs:
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Equitable outcomes are attainable for all students.
- Students deserve a supportive, nurturing environment where issues of equity and cultural bias impacting them are discussed openly.
- Examining issues of equity and cultural bias through a variety of lenses promotes positive change.
- Open communication and honoring multiple perspectives among all stakeholders is essential in achieving the goals of education.
- Students possess a gift and talent in their chosen field that deserves to be cultivated.
- The collaborative study of the arts, technology, and academics fosters the growth of students’ interests and talents.
- Students possess multiple intelligences and varied interests.
- Students can reach levels of intellectual and aesthetic excellence.
- Challenging expectations increase individual student performance, self-discipline, and perseverance.
- Students flourish in a creative, challenging supportive, and safe community.
- Respect for others and their work is paramount.
- Success in a dynamic and changing society requires life-long learning.
- Partnerships with the arts, business, and college communities prepare Carver Center students for college and career.
- Connections with professionals in their field, area of interest, or interdisciplinary studies provides students with validation for their work.
To learn about our School Progress Planning (SPP) efforts for the 2024-2025 academic year, follow this link: Carver Center Community School Progress Summary 2024-2025
To learn about our Schoolwide Positive Behavior Planning efforts for the 2024-2025 academic year, follow this link: GWCCAT 2024-2025 Schoolwide Positive Behavior Plan.pdf