Learners are more successful when both teachers and students hold their responsibilities for learning to high standards. We are a learning community. To make this a successful year, we each expect the following from our teachers and from our students.

Teacher Responsibilities

To meet their responsibilities to our learning community, teachers

• foster a variety meaningful learning relationships within our learning community, 
• design effective learning tasks, 
• design learning tasks which are meaningful and engaging 
• continually assess student learning to help students move their learning forward, 
• to strive for high standards of professional competence with regard to curricular expertise, classroom instruction, assessment and human interaction, 
• to assist students in following the Student Code of Conduct through modeling, reminders, communication with parents, and in the case of chronic noncompliance, reporting concerns to administration, and 
• to communicate with parents regularly.

Student Responsibilities

To meet their responsibilities to our learning community, students

• participating in learning activities and tasks, 
• create positive relationships with peers, teachers and other adults, 
• become actively involved in the school community, 
• are courteous, considerate and respectful of others and their property when in class, hallways or on school trips and property 
• act with integrity at all times 
• strive for excellence in everything they do 
• adhere to school policies and procedures and follow appropriate protocols when questioning these, and 
• take an active role in their own growth as a learner.

Remember! The successful functioning of a school is based on the premise that the rights of individuals do not supersede the right of the community.