Mission/Philosophy/Goals

 Mission Statement

The school's mission is to develop graduates who aspire to be:
--Life-long learners,
--Globally competitive skilled workers,
--Future business and community leaders,
--Productive team members,
and
--Responsibly engaged citizens.

Philosophy

The school's mission is to develop graduates who aspire to be life-long learners, globally competitive skilled workers, future business and community leaders, productive team members, and responsibly engaged citizens.

The underlying premise is that this mission will be accom-plished with an aggressive implementation of fundamental academic and technical skills, inteqration of academic and technical learning, a close collaboration of family involve-ment, partnerships with the community at all levels, and a strong professional development program for faculty and staff.

To accomplish our mission, the following educational and organizational strategies will be implemented:
            --innovative scheduling,
            --academic integration,
            --school-to-career activities,
            --business and industry partnerships,
            --infusion of technology throughout the curriculum,
            --support services including Guidance, ELL,
                      Special Education, 504 Plans, school
                       psychologist, school nurse, academic
                       remediation, assessments, and social
                       workers,
            --safe supportive environment.

The following goals have been identified to assist the staff and administration in their journey to improve student per-formance and achievement.

Goals

To continue to promote and enhance:
            --the communication between administration, staff,
                     students and parents,
            --the development of a school-wide, integrated 
                     curricula among academic and technical
                     areas,
            --the learning opportunities within our diverse 
                     student population,
            --the various instructional strategies and assess-
                     ment methods enabling all students to meet
                     the requirements of the RI Diploma System,
            --the involvement of all internal and external 
                     stakeholders in the process of educating our
                     community of learners,
            --the commitment of providing professional devel-
                      opment opportunities for all staff,
            --the implementation of infusing technology into
                      the teaching and learning practices,
            --the opportunities offered through extra-curricular
                      activities that broaden both the educational
                      and social experiences provided with the
                      learning environment.