Learning Outcomes

Reading our own poetry to family and friends at our year-end Celebration of Learning Night


WCSU Portrait Of A Graduate Criteria:

Stewardship ~ Students demonstrated responsibility for our local community by engaging senior citizens in authentic, collaborative work and building meaningful relationships. They demonstrated a committment to diverse viewpoints and acted with empathy and care for others.

Academic Excellence ~ Students applied their classwork and content knowledge in a real world situation. They exercised the ability to evaluate their writing critically and competently.

Skillful Communication ~ Students effectively communicated in both digital and face-to-face environments for a range of purposes. They practiced listening and valueing alternative perspectives and articulated their thoughts and ideas clearly.



Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.C: Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that relate the current discussion to broader themes or larger ideas; actively incorporate others into the discussion; and clarify, verify, or challenge ideas and conclusions.