Core Values Beliefs and 21st Century Learning Expectations

GMHS Values

• Academic Excellence

• Skillful Application of Knowledge

• Community Involvement

• Cooperative and Independent Learning

• Awareness of Diversity

• Respect, Responsibility, Honesty and Integrity

GMHS Believes In

• High academic expectations

• Designing and delivering curriculum, instruction, and assessment based on students’ individual needs and learning styles

• Using technology as a learning tool

• Promoting students’ physical, social, and emotional well-being

• Creating and maintaining a safe, supportive environment

• Graduating life-long learners and responsible citizens with respect for diversity

21st Century Expectations for Student Learning

Academic

The successful students will be

• Skilled communicators with a deep understanding of concepts who are able to use effective literacy and reasoning skills to convey complex ideas, construct viable arguments, and create effective solutions.

• Critical and creative thinkers who strategically apply reading, analysis, synthesis, and reason while working cooperatively and independently.

• Able to solve problems and communicate arguments by integrating and evaluating information presented in diverse media formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

Civic

• GMHS students will be responsible, involved, and contributing members of their school and community.

Social

• GMHS students will be reflective thinkers who appreciate divergent cultures and diverse experiences and perspectives as contributing members of their school and community.