Perkins Local School
District, located in Sandusky, Ohio, serves approximately 2,100
students in preschool through grade 12. Our mission statement,
“Perkins Schools...Igniting Minds for the 21st Century,”
sets the tone to prepare our students to compete in a global society
that requires more advanced levels of communication, collaboration,
critical thinking and creative problem solving. To prepare our
students, we believe it is essential to change “age-old”
traditional teacher-led education to provide more opportunities for
students to actively engage in their own learning. This requires a
dramatic change in how we educate, and our core beliefs guide this
process.
We believe:
In
accordance with our 21st century focus and core beliefs,
Perkins is a One-to-One Laptop district and is one of only a few
select districts recognized nationally by Apple, Inc. as an Apple
Promising District. In 2012, Perkins Local School District was named
’An Apple Distinguished School District’, one of two in all of
Ohio. Students at the Intermediate, Middle and High School levels are
each assigned a laptop for in-class use. Students in grades 6-12 are
allowed to bring their laptops home to complete their work, and all
of the computers are collected at the end of the school year for
updates and maintenance.
The Perkins Local
School District is located in Perkins Township and also contains
parts of five contingent townships. Originally a rural school
district, most of the district’s approximately 2,100 students now
live in a suburban setting. With positive results for our students,
the district initiated open enrollment four years ago to maintain and
expand access to Perkins’ excellent academic and extracurricular
programs. The district has four buildings: Furry Elementary, PK-2;
Meadowlawn Intermediate Elementary, 3-5; Briar Middle School, 6-8;
and Perkins High School, 9-12.