We are committed to:
• Small class sizes to give our students invaluable individual attention.
• A rigorous curriculum which utilizes local resources promoting project
based expeditionary learning with a focus on the environment and community
that gives the students the skills necessary to make wise decisions, which
reflect healthful living, interdependence and ethical behavior that contributes
to society.
• Reading, reading and more reading to provide the foundation for lifelong
learning.
• Extensive, meaningful staff development to keep our teachers inspired
and passionate about their important work.
• A progressive volunteer program that includes families as partners
to share in the responsibility of their children’s education.
• The community as a classroom to widen the student’s world.
• High standards to ensure that students reach for their personal best
and experience confidence through their achievements.
• Accountability to our students, parents, teachers and the community.
In response to the consolidation plans being implemented within
the Warren County School District (WCSD), the Tidioute Area Business Association
(TABA) and its education committee Save Our School (SOS) organized a grass
roots effort in 2003 to keep a K-12 school in Tidioute. The charter school
planning group came to the task of creating a community based expeditionary
learning school that utilizes the community and environment to offer a rich
curriculum that is both rigorous and innovative. Opening in 2005, the Tidioute
Community Charter School is a public K4-12 charter school serving a maximum
of 300 students. TCCS serves students from the Warren, Forest and Titusville
School Districts. Our class sizes are small with a student/teacher ratio of
12:1.
The founding members developed the Tidioute Community Charter School as a unique
and progressive charter school with the belief that a school should provide
a safe, welcoming and nurturing environment where education is valued; a school
that provides a world class educational experience, characterized by rigorous
curriculum, quality instruction, creativity and continuous achievement. A school
that fosters a love for learning and gives each child the knowledge, skills
and confidence needed for success.
