Sycamore Community Schools

mission statement: sycamore community schools will provide challenging, inspiring, and engaging educational experiences to equip students with critical skills that promote the intellectual, social, emotional, and physical growth needed to be highly successful in college and careers and to be productive citizens. who we are: -students come from more than 54 birth countries -students speak a total of 30 languages -99.0% graduation rate -84.7% of class of 2016 attend college -57 organizational activities are offered to students in grades 7-12 -46 athletic options are offered to students in grades 7-12 -86% of teachers have a master's degree or doctorate -13 teachers have earned national board certification -91 teachers have earned master teacher credentials we believe that... -our students are the focus of all that we do; -we must address the needs of the total person, teaching the mind and the heart; -we must be proactive in preparing for a changing world; -there is