Focus Area: Program - Academics Goal: Continue to enhance the academic program to provide students with the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in college and beyond.
Strategic Initiatives: • Continue to set appropriate academic expectations for all students and provide the strategies to best help them all reach their potential • Identify and more broadly implement pedagogies that enhance student engagement and promote interdisciplinary learning • Explore additional certificate-based programs and varied international programs to help students develop global competencies • Continue to address the vertical continuity across the three divisions so that the transitions from gradeto-grade and level-to-level are seamless, and the curriculum provides an appropriate level of rigor for the developmental age of the student • Continue to review and update how we support incoming students and families who transition from other schools • Continue to seek and implement innovative ways to use technology, enhancing meaningful technology integration, as appropriate • Continue to review the college counseling process to ensure that students in grades 8 through 12 receive guidance appropriate for their grade-specific needs