Our Mission

North Buncombe Elementary School

Mission Statement
Growing, Learning, and Succeeding

  • Growing: To foster physical, emotional, and intellectual growth in a safe, nurturing environment. 

  • Learning: To create a climate of instructional excellence that meets individual needs and provides the building blocks for developing life-long learning. 

  • Succeeding: To provide challenging experiences, which build productive, successful citizens. 

Vision Statement

North Buncombe Elementary School students will reach their full potential and become successful, responsible citizens in a diverse, global society.

Belief Statements

We believe students learn best when:

  • safety is a top priority in an environment free of aggressive and violent behaviors.

  • healthy lifestyle choices are modeled and encouraged.

  • the school climate ensures that every person is respected, heard, and valued.

  • continuous, effective communication among staff, students, parents, and the community exists.

  • actively engaged in a variety of meaningful learning experiences utilizing a variety of methods of instruction to accommodate different learning styles, multiple intelligences, and diverse cultural backgrounds.

  • challenged to produce quality work in order to reach their highest academic potential.

  • assessments measure students' on-going progress toward mastery of individual, local, state, and federal established goals.

  • empowered to become problem-solvers and decision-makers in order to be productive, successful citizens.

  • valued as learners with individual physical, social, emotional, intellectual, and cultural needs.

  • the school and community promote learning as a life long process with a guiding principle that all students can learn well.

  • every staff member is provided ongoing, intentional support.

  • staff, students, parents, and the community work collaboratively to promote the school's mission.