Our Vision

To provide students with the skills and confidence needed to lead a positive and productive life for themselves, their families, their communities, and their world.

Our Mission

To create a small, safe, nurturing, and non-sectarian learning environment where students take an active role in their own education and in the betterment of their community.

Our Objective

The creation of a new secondary charter school that emphasizes project-based teaching methods and utilization of a wide range of community-based assets, including individuals with special expertise, the surrounding natural environment, as well as historical and cultural resources specific to our area. The Vermilion Country School (VCS) will also entail a significant community service component, which we see as an important part of overall student learning.

We intend to provide our students with a high quality educational experience, one that focuses more on depth of study than breadth. We believe that by tapping into the individual interests of our students through a project-based approach to learning, we can more effectively instill a true understanding and appreciation for the lifelong value of learning.

We plan to host several community meetings in the near future to talk in more detail about our plans. But for now, parents and students in the Tower-Soudan area should be aware that we have an effective team in place that is working to ensure that our community will not only continue to offer grades 7-12 educational opportunity, but that those opportunities will be enhanced through the creation of a community-based and community-focused charter school.