Portrait of a Graduate

Life Skills - Personal Development

• Demonstrate awareness of personal identity (self-advocacy, accountability, reflection, love of learning, goals)

• Value the development of interdependence (leadership, empathy, cooperation, accountability, reliability, participation)

• Use discernment to understand various viewpoints (open-mindedness, questioning)

• Strengthen executive functions (time management, prioritization, self-motivation, organization)

• Develop skills in entrepreneurship (leadership, work management, financial management, independence, food prep, etc.)

• Demonstrate growing responsibility and problem-solving ability at home and school
  

  Life Skills - Social Development

• Use conflict management techniques to seek resolution

• Speak with knowledge and confidence

• Make cross-curricular and real-world connections

• Increase vocabulary and comprehension through word study

• Demonstrate a command of English language conventions (verb tense, punctuation)

• Demonstrate research skills (locating & discerning validity of print and internet sources; outlining and synthesizing material; documenting sources)

Reading

• Develop skills in close reading, comprehension, and critical thinking

• Analyze and interpret literary elements and literary devices

• Explore and compare various literary genres

• Analyze and reflect on text supported with textual evidence

Writing

• Demonstrate command of various writing forms - informational, narrative, poetry

• Demonstrate command of the writing process (plan, draft, revise, edit, proofread, publish)

• Develop transitions, precision of language, detail, and sensory language in written work

• Analyze written work through peer conferencing

Mathematics

• Demonstrate command of negative numbers: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division 

• Demonstrate command of comparing and converting fractions, decimals, and percentages 

• Demonstrate command of exponents and exponent properties 

• Demonstrate use of polynomials 

• Interpret and solve expressions, equations, and inequalities 

• Evaluate and write mathematical expressions 

• Solve equations with one unknown 

• Demonstrate command of graphing, analyzing, and solving linear equations

• Demonstrate command of slope-intercept, point-slope form, and standard form equations 

• Identify, graph, and compare rates and proportional relationships 

• Demonstrate command of rate conversions 

• Demonstrate command of scatter plots and lines of best fit 

• Demonstrate command of Pythagorean Theorem 

• Demonstrate command of geometric transformations 

• Demonstrate command of volume & surface area 

• Demonstrate command of complementary, supplementary, and vertical angles 

• Demonstrate command of geometric similarity 

• Demonstrate command of scale drawings 

• Demonstrate command of simple probability and compound events 

• Demonstrate command of comparing and sampling populations 

Cultural Arts

Civics

• Analyze how a problem manifests and the challenges and opportunities that come with addressing it

• Identify the roles played by citizens

• Describe the origins, purpose, and impact of the constitution

• Develop procedures for making decisions in historical and contemporary settings

Geography

• Explain how humans and their environment affect one another

• Identify how cultural and environmental characteristics vary among regions of the world

Economics

• Develop economic literacy 

• Analyze relationships between skills, education, jobs, and income

• Explain the roles and responsibilities of financial institutions

History

• Explain how and why the perspectives of people have changed over time

• Use historical sources to infer information

• Explain multiple causes and effects of historical events

Science

• Demonstrate command of the scientific method

• Demonstrate understanding of plant and animal cell structures

• Demonstrate understanding of parts and functions of a plant, soil components, photosynthesis 

• Demonstrate command of Chemistry: Periodic Table, atomic structure, chemical and physical changes, ionic and covalent bonding, pH/acids/bases

• Demonstrate understanding of Ecology: characteristics of life, classification, ecological systems, and cycles, evolution, and adaptation 

• Demonstrate and use Physics: simple machines, work, force, motion, potential and kinetic energy, Newton’s laws of motion 

• Demonstrate understanding of Anatomy and Physiology: cell structure and function, body systems, puberty, health, genetics 

• Demonstrate understanding of Earth Science: geologic time, structure and composition of Earth, plate tectonics, terrestrial coordinates, Earth’s movements, rotations, and orbits 

• Create scientific papers and lab reports

Fine Arts

Spanish

• Communicate in both oral and written form

• Ask and answer simple questions

• Compose phrases and simple sentences

• Demonstrate comprehension of spoken statements, commands, and questions

• Demonstrate command of present tense verbs (conjugation; subject/verb agreement)

• Increase vocabulary and comprehension through word study

• Express states of being and feelings; months/days/dates; weather

• Demonstrate an understanding of the link between language and culture 

• Demonstrate ability to read and translate simple sentences and paragraphs