Albemarle County School District

School Board
Our Division
Our Mission

Working together as a team, we will end the predictive value of race, class, gender, and special capacities for our children’s success through high quality teaching and learning for all. We seek to build relationships with families and communities to ensure that every student succeeds. We will know every student.
Our Schools
Our Mission

Working together as a team, we will end the predictive value of race, class, gender, and special capacities for our children’s success through high quality teaching and learning for all. We seek to build relationships with families and communities to ensure that every student succeeds. We will know every student.
Our Departments
Our Mission

Working together as a team, we will end the predictive value of race, class, gender, and special capacities for our children’s success through high quality teaching and learning for all. We seek to build relationships with families and communities to ensure that every student succeeds. We will know every student.
For Families
Our Mission

Working together as a team, we will end the predictive value of race, class, gender, and special capacities for our children’s success through high quality teaching and learning for all. We seek to build relationships with families and communities to ensure that every student succeeds. We will know every student.
For Students
Our Mission

Working together as a team, we will end the predictive value of race, class, gender, and special capacities for our children’s success through high quality teaching and learning for all. We seek to build relationships with families and communities to ensure that every student succeeds. We will know every student.
For Community
Our Mission

Working together as a team, we will end the predictive value of race, class, gender, and special capacities for our children’s success through high quality teaching and learning for all. We seek to build relationships with families and communities to ensure that every student succeeds. We will know every student.
For Staff
Our Mission

Working together as a team, we will end the predictive value of race, class, gender, and special capacities for our children’s success through high quality teaching and learning for all. We seek to build relationships with families and communities to ensure that every student succeeds. We will know every student.
- Staff Resources

Social Studies

Vision

All students use their knowledge and understandings about their communities, nation, and world to take informed civic action.

Mission

To develop active and engaged justice-oriented citizens for the 21st century who contribute positively to their communities and our democracy.

Student Outcomes

A multifaceted Social Studies program results in students with the capacity to:

Analyze primary and secondary sources in order to reconstruct narratives about the past and present.
Make informed, evidence-based claims.
Develop and recognize cogent and complex arguments.
Conduct research with balance and depth.
Evaluate sources for purpose, bias, and accuracy.
Communicate effectively in a range of formats.
Make informed decisions.
Take informed action.
Solve increasingly complex problems.
Engage with their communities and the world as justice-oriented citizens.

Neeley Minton, Social Studies Coordinator (K-12)
Phone (434) 296-5820
Fax (434) 872-4564