The North Judson-San Pierre School Corporation is promoting its strengths as part of its strategic plan implementation. Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin says one recurring theme from both current students and alumni is the close-knit nature of the community.
“They like that the teachers know them and know their strengths and their areas of needs. ‘They know me, so they know how to help me. I know who to go to when I need something.’ That is an advantage of a small school. It’s an advantage of a community that’s tight knit and is like a family, and that is like this community.”
Zupin adds N.J.-S.P. also has an excellent agriculture/industrial arts program. It includes wood classes, which many schools have dropped.
N.J.-S.P. also offers 16 girls and boys varsity sports, along with both remediation and high-ability courses. Zupin says both are available, despite staffing reductions.
Additionally, Zupin says N.J.-S.P. has offered online credit recovery for several years. Also she says the corporation’s dual credit courses, for which students can earn high school and college credit, are taught by teachers. Many corporations offer dual credit courses online.
Zupin adds the strategic planning committee’s first goal is to make sure residents of the corporation know about the good things happening at N.J.-S.P.
