Welcome to Fremont Public Schools
The mission of Fremont Public Schools is to producecreative, adaptable, productive citizens committed to life-long learning.
Further, it is the goal of the Fremont Public Schools to provide an educational program that will produce productive citizens prepared to successfully compete in the twenty-first century global society.
NCA CASI Accreditation
The Board of Education and Administration have announced that for the first time in the history of Nebraska, a school district has received District Accreditation, a separate, distinct, and rigorous designation from the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI). The Association presented this award on April 1, 2007 to Fremont Public Schools and schools from eleven other states at the annual meeting held in Chicago. The North Central Association is a separate accreditation agency covering 19 states.
Not only did Fremont Public Schools receive recognition for this accomplishment, Fremont High School was recognized for 100 years of accreditation with the agency.
To earn District Accreditation, schools must meet NCA CASI's high standards, be evaluated by a team of professionals from outside the school, be recommended by the State Committee, implement a continuous school improvement plan focused on increasing student performance and receive approval by the national organization.
"District-wide Accreditation demonstrates to our students, parents, and community that we to continue to move forward on all levels and that we are focused on raising student achievement and improving opportunities. It is a great moment for the community to receive recognition for providing a safe and enriching learning environment, and maintaining an efficient and effective operation staffed by highly qualified educators," stated Sexton. "NCA CASI accreditation is recognized across state lines, which not only eases the transfer process as students move from accredited school to accredited school but also assures parents that the school is meeting regionally and nationally accepted standards for quality and successful professional practice."
Accreditation of this magnitude has been limited to a handful of districts within the 19-state region and provides an external mark of quality and a proven process for school improvement. Terry Snyder, who provides support to building principals who lead the school improvement teams, stated, "The real value of NCA CASI accreditation is the school-community commitment to youngsters and their education. Further, the school improvement process, which focuses school staff on analyzing student performance data, identifying areas of weakness, and developing clear goals and plans for improvement, is essential to continued growth. We regularly assess and measure our progress in all goal areas, and NCA CASI holds us accountable for demonstrating growth. The process keeps everyone in all our schools focused on raising student achievement, and recognizes that the district engages in a continuous systemic process of educational improvement. It also acknowledges the existence of effective and efficient quality assurance controls throughout the system and its schools."
Parents and interested community members can learn more about NCA CASI accreditation at www.ncacasi.org.
The North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement is a non-governmental, voluntary association of public and private elementary and secondary schools in 19 states, the Navajo Nation and the Department of Defense Dependents' Schools overseas. NCA CASI accredits more than 9,000 schools, challenging them to prepare all students for success as they move from home to school to higher education and/or careers.
Linden Elementary's Flat Stanley
Second graders at Linden Elementary School in Fremont Nebraska annually do a "Flat Stanley" project where the kids read the Flat Stanley book about a child in a classroom who is flattened by a bulletin board, therefore making him flat so he can be mailed around the world and visit different places and cultures. Our 3 second grade classrooms read the story, created a life size Flat Stanley of themselves and then made a mini Flat Stanley to mail to somewhere in the world. The duty of the receiver was to take Stanley out and take pictures of him in their environment, culture, etc. and then mail him back to the classroom. This year we have had one come back from Cambodia. Mrs. Kiger, one of our volunteers, took her Flat Stanley on a cruise through the Panama Canal. They have been all over the United States. The 3 classrooms have even published a book of Flat Stanley in Nebraska and did research on different sites in-state, sent the pictures and stories off to a publishing company and now have a hard cover copy for each student.