About Boquet Valley Central School District
Boquet Valley Central School District is a public school district in Essex County, NY.
Our Schools
The district serves the the communities of Elizabethtown, Lewis and Westport. It is the result of the merger of the Elizabethtown-Lewis and Westport central school districts.
We run two school buildings. Our Lake View Campus in Westport houses Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grade, and our Mountain View Campus in Elizabethtown houses our middle and high school grades.
Our Mission
The MISSION of the Boquet Valley Central School District is to produce a hard-working, responsible, productive citizen who has acquired the knowledge and ability to be a capable contributing member of a local and global community. We will accomplish this by providing opportunities that stimulate students’ curiosity, using developmentally appropriate and relevant curriculum in an exciting, interactive, and safe learning environment.
Our Vision
The VISION of the Boquet Valley Central School District is to become the best rural school in New York State. We will accomplish our vision by providing exceptional opportunities to all learners and preparing them to set and reach their future goals by embedding our core values into their student experience.
Core Values
At the Boquet Valley Central School District, our core values include:
- Education is our primary focus.
- Maintaining the safety of our students, faculty and staff and providing a caring, nurturing, trusting, positive environment can bolster success.
- Student, faculty, staff and community involvement in our decision making process leads to greater overall support.
- Respecting one’s self, other people, and property and demonstrating spirit and pride for our schools is the foundation of a positive school culture and climate.
- Providing opportunities for achievement in all aspects of our school and leadership opportunities to our students will increase the chances of future success for our students.
- Exposure to diversity and demonstrating kindness, tolerance, and acceptance of all of our students, faculty and staff is essential to cultural understanding.
- All students should have equal access to opportunities within our district.
- Everyone is expected to be striving to improve.
- A formal goal-setting process is essential to progress.
- Fiscal responsibility is critical to the long-term viability of our district.
