Mission/Vision

					  
					  
Mission Statement 

We, the Standley Lake High School Community of students, parents, and staff, will provide a safe, respectful learning environment. Students will develop a desire to learn and will be supported in their effort to meet their individual needs, to maximize their potentials, and to develop a sense of spirit and pride.

			  
Standley Lake High School Vision Statement

To become a school of excellence, SLHS must be a school that provides a positive and welcoming atmosphere including academic excellence and respect, a shared sense of purpose and direction, goals and objectives that reflect our sense of values, and the participation of members of the school community in order to transform ideas into reality. 


Academic Excellence:

A school of excellence emphasizes the intellectual growth of the Standley Lake High School community and provides students with a comprehensive curriculum consisting of a strong academic core and a variety of elective courses, complemented by co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.

A. Faculty

· Set high academic standards and hold students accountable to them.
· Teach toward common standards, have a unified approach to sharing standards and expectations across departments.
· Accept different teaching styles.
· Inspire life-long learning.
· Model professionalism.
· Cooperate and support one another; participate in team decision making.
· Provide for the diversity of learning styles, interests, and abilities and help develop intellectual curiosity
· Teach students work ethic by example.
· Take advantage of and create more opportunities to learn from and exchange ideas with staff from various departments of the school.
· Share excitement in teaching content that will translate to student success.


B. Curriculum

· Value the diverse characteristics of our community and offer curriculum, which prepares students for adulthood and encourages lifelong learning. 
· Provide course selections to meet changing student needs. Focus on academics, and be aware of school to work options, SLHS will provide non-traditional options for students.
· Base the curriculum on district standards.
· Develop more team teaching and cross curriculum opportunities for teachers and students.




School Climate:

A school of excellence maintains a positive quality of school life and provides a welcoming atmosphere enabling students to enjoy their high school experience. Standley Lake High School will foster a safe and supportive environment that respects individual and group differences.

A. School Pride
· All members of the Standley Lake High School community will promote school pride by recognizing and celebrating the efforts and achievements of all students and staff.
· All members of the Standley Lake High School community will respect the physical appearance of the building.

B. Environment
· Standley Lake High School will offer a variety of activities to engage all students.
· Staff and students will encourage and teach honesty, integrity, responsibility and a strong work ethic by example.
· The faculty will express disagreements or differences of opinion in a professional and constructive manner.
· Staff members will be consistent in addressing student issues.
· Staff and students will be held accountable for academics and activities.
· Students and staff will conduct themselves in a way that contributes to a safe and orderly atmosphere that respects the rights of others.
· All members of the Standley Lake High School community will make a commitment to provide an emotionally and physically safe, engaging, supportive environment where students want to learn, school employees want to work, and every citizen feels respected and valued.

Community:

A school of excellence creates an effective partnership with staff, students, parents, neighbors and businesses. It strives to develop the community's allegiance to and investment in the school by promoting a sense of belonging.

· Parents play an active and supportive role in the education of their students. They take an interest in their student's academic progress and work with teachers to emphasize the importance of education.
· Partnerships are established with businesses to provide resources and direct links between school and work.
· The school establishes effective connections with institutions of higher learning and programs offering various post-secondary options. 
· Administrators and teachers will develop articulation with feeder schools.
· Staff and students demonstrate pride in the surrounding community and respect the rights of our neighbors.
· Staff and students will strive to create an exciting place where they feel they belong.
· Staff members attend on-going professional development.
· Parents and staff will engage in timely and open communication.