GREELY HIGH SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENT
Greely High School is committed to high academic expectations for each student. We value teaching and learning in a safe and supportive environment which fosters respect for all. We work together so that students learn to communicate clearly and think critically. We promote lifelong learning and encourage students to take responsibility for themselves as individuals and as members of their community.
SCHOOL-WIDE ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS
Students at GHS will:
Think critically
Write effectively
Deliver effective oral presentations
DEPARTMENTAL ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS
English
• Students will use the skills and strategies of the reading process to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate what they read.
• Students will demonstrate their ability to use the skills and strategies of the writing process.
• Students will learn to conduct appropriate and in-depth research.
Modern & Classical Languages
• Students will broaden their perspectives by gaining insight into other cultures.
• Students will develop reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills in a language other than their own.
Social Studies
• Students will understand and analyze the relationships among people and their physical environments.
• Students will develop historical knowledge of major events, people, and enduring themes in Maine, the United States, and throughout world history.
• Students will learn to evaluate resource material such as documents, artifacts, maps, artworks, and literature, and to make judgments about the perspective of the authors and their credibility when interpreting current and historical events.
• Students will understand the rights and responsibilities of civic life and will employ the skills of effective civic participation.
Visual & Performing Arts
• Students will demonstrate artistic literacy by creating, performing or exhibiting in one or more art forms.
• Students will use analysis and appropriate terminology to demonstrate an informed acquaintance with exemplary works of art from a variety of cultures and historical periods.
Health & Physical Education
• Students will acquire the knowledge, skills and behaviors needed to maintain or modify levels of fitness.
• Students will participate in and demonstrate a level of competency in a variety of life-long physical activities.
• Students will continue developing their knowledge of health literacy.
Mathematics
• Students will understand and apply concepts from algebra, geometry, data analysis and probability.
Science
• Students will be able to form generalizations based on observations (i.e. deductive reasoning)
• Students will be able to know and understand the process of scientific inquiry, and be able to use the process to solve problems.
• Students will be able to use symbols, graphs and diagrams to support arguments and to draw conclusions by verifying and evaluating results.
Technical Education
• Students will utilize technological tools, materials and processes to develop problem-solving skills.
Guidance
• Students will be knowledgeable about the world of work, explore career options and relate personal skills, aptitudes, and abilities to their career decisions.
Civic and Social Expectations:
"At Greely High School, we will work together to create a climate in which all are encouraged to:
• actively pursue their intellectual and social growth;
• treat themselves and others with respect;
• act with integrity;
• be responsible participants in the school and community."
Adopted 10/31/07
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