Mission: Equity and Quality for
all Students
Academic Vision:
Students will develop Learning-to-Learn Skills by:
- Making a commitment to creating quality work and striving
for excellence
- Using a variety of learning strategies, personal skills
and time management skills to enhance learning.
- Reflecting on and evaluating their learning for the purpose
of improvement.
Students will learn to Expand and Integrate Knowledge
by:
- Connecting knowledge and experience from different subject
areas.
- Using knowledge they already know to acquire new knowledge,
and develop new skills, and expand understanding.
- Demonstrating integrated knowledge and skills in applying
multidisciplinary approaches to solving problems and completing
tasks.
Students will learn to Think and Reason by:
- Learning to think critically
- Students learn to gather and use information effectively
to gain new information and knowledge, classify and organize
information, support inferences and justify conclusions
appropriate to the context and audience.
- Solving problems.
- Students will utilize, evaluate and refine the use
of multiple strategies to solve a variety of types of
problems.
- Thinking creatively
- Students will generate new and creative ideas by
taking considered risks in a variety of contexts.
Students will develop Communication Skills by:
- Communicating with clarity, purpose and understanding
of audience.
- Integrating the use of a variety of communication forms
and use a wide range of communication skills.
- Recognizing, analyzing and evaluating various forms of
communication.
Students will develop Interpersonal Skills by:
- Working with others in a variety of situations to set
and achieve goals.
- Managing and evaluating their behavior as group members.
- Deal with disagreement and conflict caused by a variety
of opinions and beliefs.
Students will be Personally and Socially Responsible by:
- Taking responsibility for personal actions and acting ethically.
- Respecting themselves and others, and understanding and
appreciating the diversity and interdependence of all people.
- Demonstrating an understanding and responsibility for global
and environmental issues.
- Acting as responsible citizens in the community, state
and nation.
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