Mission, Vision, Values, Goals

Mission

Empower and equip students with essential literacy skills that allow them to become effective readers, writers, communicators, critical listeners, and articulate speakers without remediation to ensure success in college and career ready opportunities.

Vision

We will provide an environment where students engage in

• relevant and real world experiences
• differentiation, collaboration, and reflection
• problem solving and critical thinking
• the application of reading and writing strategies to analyze, evaluate and synthesize authentic, relevant, and complex text

Values

• Talent: The unique abilities and talents of all students
• Quality instruction: Consistent high quality instruction across grade levels and content areas
• Data Decision Making: Using assessment data and standards to drive effective instruction
• Community: Creating partnerships with the community to advance student learning
• Instructional Core: Establishing core foundational skills as building blocks for future learning
• Excellence: Utilizing best practices to support student learning through evidenced based professional development and implementation

Goals

Students will be able to independently use their learning to…

• be a critical consumer of text by comprehending, reflecting, and evaluating a range of increasingly complex texts across disciplines and text types
• communicate effectively by engaging in the writers process to develop pieces of writing from various genres(explain, entertain, argue & guide), for diverse audiences that provide multiple perspectives and challenge critical thought
• understand the power of words and expand their vocabulary and knowledge of English conventions
• listen intently and communicate effectively when engaging in conversations and oral presentations for multiple audiences to synthesize ideas, positions, and perspectives in order to learn, reflect, and respond
• enjoy and appreciate reading as a lifelong adventure while making connections to self, text and the world