The mission of the Gould School District is to provide an educational program that enables each child to achieve his/her highest potential. To that end, the Gould School District will provide: 

• A program of basic education for all students. 
• Programs that address the special needs of students emotional, physical, and mental. 
• Enrichment opportunities such as videos, music, career education, higher education opportunities, and athletics. 
• Through and organized program of study, each student will experience academic success and will learn to appreciate responsibility and productive citizenship. 
• To increase educational achievement for all students with specific emphasis on student success on all standardized test. 
• To establish climates of excellence. 
• To enhance human relation skills for all school district employees. 
• To increase parental involvement within the district. 
• To involve all segments of the Gould community in supporting our schools and our students.