Core Values

• P.R.I.D.E.

• Diversity

• Responsibility

• Achievement

• Community

• Creativity and Innovation

Beliefs

• Students learn best when they take responsibility and pride in their education and character.

• Student learning should be supported by partnerships between the school and extended community.

• All students have the potential to achieve in rigorous courses.

• Honoring diversity is a cornerstone of a safe and rewarding learning community.

• Creativity, innovation, and ingenuity should be fostered through instructional support which encourages authentic problem solving.

• Social, psychological, and emotional well-being promote student success.

21st Century Learning Expectations

Academic Competencies:

1. Students will demonstrate effective communication and literacy skills for varied contexts and purposes.

2. Students will engage in critical thinking independently and/or collaboratively to creatively solve problems and accomplish goals.

3. Students will effectively utilize media and technology to research information with adaptability.

Social Competency:

4. Students will embrace diversity through cultural understanding and value personal, social and emotional well-being.

Civic Competency:

5. Students will aspire to be contributing members of the school and extended community through their participation and embodiment of good citizenship.

21st Century Learning Expectations	Departments Reporting Student Progress*	School-wide Rubrics	Aggregate Results of Achievement  Measured at the close of term two in the 17-18 school year.
1. Students will demonstrate effective communication and literacy skills for varied contexts and purposes.	Foreign Language Language Acquistion Health Social Studies	LE1- Communication & Literacy LE1 for ESL- Communication & Literacy LE1 for FL- Communication & Literacy
2. Students will engage in critical thinking independently and/or collaboratively to creatively solve problems and accomplish goals.	Career & Technical Education Fine Arts Mathematics Science Skills	LE 2- Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
3. Students will effectively utilize media and technology to research information with adaptability.	Career & Technical Education English Health Science	LE3- Research & Technology
4. Students will embrace diversity through cultural understanding and value personal, social and emotional well-being.	Foreign Language English as a Second Language Family and Consumer Science JROTC Physical Education Skills Fine Arts	LE 4- Cultural Understanding & Values
5.  Students will aspire to be contributing members of the school and extended community through their participation and embodiment of good citizenship.	Family and Consumer Science JROTC Mathematics Physical Education Social Studies	LE5- Community Engagement and Civic Responsibility

• Collaboration for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

• College and Career Readiness and Success (CCRS)

• Framework for 21st Century Learning (P21)

• Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks

• Methuen High School Improvement Plan

• New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) Standards for Accreditation

• Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

• "The Impact of Enhancing Students' Social and Emotional Learning" (Durlak et al.)

• "The Impact of School Mental Health" (Center for School Mental Health)