Mission Statement  

Updated for LPS on 11/28/23

Our mission, rooted in joyful inquiry and curiosity, is to cultivate lifelong readers, writers, and communicators who become compassionate, global citizens.

For LHS

The English program at Lexington High School is designed to improve all students’ writing, reading, speaking, and critical thinking skills. Across grade levels, courses reinforce the skills and habits of mind students need to be life-long learners. 

Students will:

• learn to produce coherent and cohesive writing, use precise vocabulary, and develop topics with purposeful structure and organization; and to write for multiple purposes and multiple audiences. Students develop the perseverance they need to approach writing as a process through rewriting, peer review, and revision.

• develop an interest in reading and learn to consume culture critically: they think critically about what they read and the world in which they live. Students read literature from multiple genres, cultures, and times to inspire discussion and reflection about what it means to be human.

• respond critically and thoughtfully to each other through discussion and to present information for multiple purposes and audiences.

• practice fruitful and responsible collaboration in the classroom and across multiple online platforms.

English Department’s Anti-Racism Statement (Updated 9/9/20)

In solidarity with our district’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, the LHS English department recognizes the ways in which the English classroom is uniquely positioned to engender empathy and the ways in which it has historically fallen short. As we continue to cultivate the anti-racist practices crucial to dismantling systemic inequities, we will also look to our roots to identify the unlearning necessary to break the cycle of racism and other forms of oppression. This is not the task of one year, but rather an ongoing commitment to examine and shift the perspectives of our community in order to truly ensure that “we all belong.”