Spaulding High School
Barre, Vermont

Core Values, Beliefs, and Learning Expectations

Spaulding High School seeks to create a safe, supportive environment to promote 21st century learning in partnership with students, educators, parents, and the community.  We offer a variety of educational opportunities to meet the needs of all students to enable them to become respectful, responsible, knowledgeable, healthy, and ethical citizens. 

We hold the following beliefs about learning:

• Students learn best through authentic, inquiry-based instruction.

• Initiative, persistence, and effort promote meaningful learning.

• Multiple and meaningful formative and summative assessments ensure continuous improvement.

• Diverse curricula engage students.

• School resources -- including technology, facilities, and community -- contribute to effective teaching and learning.
   
• Clear goals regarding post-secondary plans foster success.

Student Expectations

• Students will communicate effectively in multiple literacies--including information, visual, media, and technological literacies
   
• Students will become life-long learners and informed users of information.

• Students will use technology ethically and responsibly as connected global citizens.

• Students will meet state standards in English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities, History, the Arts, Physical Education, and Health.

• Students will develop skills in leadership, collaboration, flexibility, and empathy.

• Students will engage in critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and innovation.

Adopted by faculty June 16, 2010  Adopted by the Spaulding High School Board July 6, 2010.