NSCS' mission is to excel in connecting our students’ academics and learning with their natural and social environments in a nurturing community setting.  This mission is driven by four core values:

• Kids First: Students’ diversity and needs drive decisions and actions

• Partnership: Together we achieve more than alone

• Knowledge: Skilled in accessing, navigating, and using a broad array of facts and viewpoints from a global perspective

• Stewardship: Care and responsibility for our natural and social environments