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School Curriculum

Life-Long Learning Standards

Students will be collaborative workers who:

  • Define and work toward achievement of group goals.

  • Use interpersonal skills effectively

  • Acknowledge the opinions and contributions of others.

  • Perform a variety of roles within a group.

Students will be self-directed learners who:

  • Prioritize, evaluate and adjust personal actions affecting well-being.

  • Manage time efficiently.

  • Manage personal resources; e.g., money and property.

Students will be participants in society who:

  • Actively and positively contribute to a community (including the classroom).

  • Take responsibility for their actions.

  • Understand social issues and respect different points of view.

Students will be information processors who:

  • Use a variety of resources and techniques to gather information.

  • Adapt to new ideas and changing technologies.

  • Identify and select the appropriate resources and technologies for given tasks.

Students will be effective communicators who:

  • Speak clearly and correctly to a variety of audiences.

  • Read for understanding, listen actively and ask clarifying questions.

  • Express thoughts and convey information in correct written form.

  • Use the most appropriate medium to present information.

Students will be complex thinkers who:

  • Identify and solve problems in a variety of settings.

  • Make decisions reasonably, logically, and flexibly.

  • Recognize choices in applying ideas and concepts.

Personalized Learning

Personalized Learning is giving students what they need when they need.  We do this by incorporating teacher-led activities, student-led activities, projects, and instructional technology to ensure to do this.