Students strive for excellence in information seeking and knowledge generation by assessing the quality of and devising strategies for the process of gathering information. Students will take responsibility for personal actions, schoolwork, behavior, and belongings. Students recognize that practice, completion of work, and revision contribute to quality learning. Students take care of classroom materials and equipment that are provided for carrying out learning tasks. Students practice proper social behaviors in various situations and related student activities.
Students act as responsible citizens in the school and community.
Through group discussions and informal surveys, teachers indicated that students lack the ability to solve problems and utilize critical thinking and reasoning skills. Students, on the Terra Nova assessment, were determined as having difficulty by indicators of non-mastery on performance indicators. The conclusion of these studies revealed that students need improvement in the area of communication. Secondly, the data revealed that students need more experiences utilizing technology as a resource for writing, speaking, and presentations. Therefore, students need more experiences identifying and applying learning strategies as tools for improvement.