Vision, Mission, & Core Values
Our Vision:
Shepherd Community Academy is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty on the near Eastside of Indianapolis. By providing a community focused on higher-quality academics with a Christ-centered approach, our vision is to equip students to be empowered, lifelong learners capable of high levels of achievement.
Our Mission:
We exist to empower our students by providing them with the academic, social-emotional, and spiritual skills and attitudes needed for them to become lifelong learners.
Our Core Values:
For our Shepherd Community Academy to be successful, we believe:
- All students, staff, volunteers, and parents/guardians will be valued.
- All students, staff, volunteers, and parents/guardians will be empowered.
- Students will be equipped with the skills and attitudes needed to be achievers.
- Students will be provided with the needed resources/support to be successful in and out of the classroom.
- Students are encouraged to advocate for themselves and their learning.
- Parents/guardians should be encouraged to advocate for their students and their learning.
- Students will be equipped to be lifelong learners.
- Students and teachers will learn to be flexible and adapt when encountering unpredictable circumstances.
- Students must learn how to use critical thinking skills to innovate and problem-solve.
- Students learn best when their success is considered from a holistic perspective
- Students will be known and positively celebrated when they achieve goals and milestones.