Expected School Wide Learning Results

Westmark School students exhibit self-confidence, self-esteem, and exemplify literacy as they become...

Successful communicators who:

• Use oral, written and creative forms of expression to communicate information, ideas and emotions.
• Utilize technology to enhance communication.
• Receive and interpret the communication of others in an effective manner.

Self-directed/Life Long Learners who:

• Demonstrate responsibility for self and others.
• Assess needs and learning styles and apply appropriate strategies and utilize these effectively to set and achieve goals.
• Reflect on experiences and apply the knowledge gained to plan for the future.
• Accept responsibility for own behavior and actions.
• Demonstrate ability to complete assignments and projects independently.

Responsible Members of Society who:

• Contribute time, energies and talents to improve the quality of life in our school, community, nation and world.
• Promote mutual respect, appreciation and acceptance among people of different backgrounds, cultures and abilities.

Critical Thinking/Problem Solvers who:

• Use technology effectively.
• Design, implement and evaluate appropriate strategies to solve a wide variety of problems.
• Use evaluation, synthesis and analysis to establish and apply criteria to support judgment.
• Apply complex problem-solving processing and critical thinking to real-life scenarios while cooperating and collaborating with others.