Mission and Expectations for Student Learning
North Brookfield Junior-Senior High School

The collective goal of the North Brookfield Junior-Senior High School is to instill in students the knowledge and decision-making skills necessary to thrive in a post graduate world.  We recognize that our primary goal cannot be achieved unless we provide a safe and secure learning environment.  The school has long taken advantage of its small size to extend individual attention to its students.  Content and methods are adjusted to promote confidence as well as competence.  Further we recognize and accommodate the characteristic differences in cognitive and emotional development between the junior and senior high school populations.  Faculty, administration, students, parents and community share the obligation to reinforce such traditional values as honesty, self-discipline, acceptance of responsibility and respect for self and others.  The school must be proactive in its endeavors to promote that collaboration.

It is our mission, as a school and community to develop students who will be active participants in their education, who will have the desire to become life-long learners, and who will be fully prepared to contribute as informed citizens in our society.

The North Brookfield Junior-Senior High School Student:

1.     is an effective communicator in both written and verbal forms.      

2.      reads and responds critically to works of literature.

3.      is a mathematical problem solver.

4.     understands and uses the principles of scientific inquiry.

5.     understands the role of the United States in the world today from an historic perspective as well as the principles and practices of democracy.

6.     understands and respects diversity.

7.     thinks and analyzes critically.

8.     is provided the opportunity to pursue fluency in a world language.

9.     experiences a variety of practices to develop and maintain a healthy life style.

10.    utilizes current technologies and develops skills to adapt to today’s rapidly changing technology.

11.  is encouraged to explore the creative and expressive arts.

12.  acquires the skills necessary to develop lifelong habits of inquiry and learning.

13.  uses the career exploration and college planning services available.

14.  can access the academic and social/personal support services available.

15.  is encouraged to seek the opportunities for student participation and leadership in school governance that are offered within the school and at the local regional and state levels.

16.  has the opportunity to become involved with athletic programs that teach lessons of sportsmanship.

17.  is taught the value of being an active and contributing member of the greater community.

18.  is supported in both the academic and extracurricular endeavors.

*In order to assess student progress in achieving the above, the faculty has created the NBHS Mission Rubrics for all goals which can be measured by a rubric.

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