The North Santiam Public Schools will be a community of learners that provides an education based on high academic standards in a safe, respectful, accepting, and collaborative environment. Students, parents, and the community will engage in interactive and interdependent learning that provides challenging, personal, and relevant educational opportunities for all students. Those experiences will support the development of confident, successful, and accountable community members who recognize their positive self-work, responsibility to others and the importance of being of life-long learner.