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 GENERAL GOAL #1
We will help every student acquire a
deeper understanding of himself and
his own worth.
- Self-understanding should increase as the student matures. He should become
increasingly aware of his strengths and weaknesses, his values and interests and
aspirations, so that the decisions he makes about his future will be informed,
reasonable, and rational. He should be helped to know the strengths in himself
that he must learn to live with.
- Regardless of the level and pattern of his particular talents, the school
experience should be such that it will strengthen, not damage, his self-esteem.
The school should be operated in such a way that students at all levels of
talents can achieve a growing awareness of their worth as persons in a society
that strives to have an equality of concern for all its members.
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GENERAL GOAL #2
We will provide a climate in which every student has the opportunity and
encouragement to be creative and to be aware of the accomplishments of others.
- Creativity will provide a climate in which every student has the opportunity
and encouragement to be creative and to be aware of the accomplishments of
others.
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GENERAL GOAL #3
We will help every student acquire good physical skills and health habits
and an understanding of the conditions necessary for the maintenance of total
physical and emotional well-being.
- In his interest as well as in the interest of society, a student should be
physically fit and know how to control his body movements efficiently. He should
know how to maintain the conditions of good physical and mental health and know
what practices harmful to health should be avoided.
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GENERAL GOAL #4
We will help every student enjoy learning.
- The school experience should be such that the student finds the learning
activities associated with it enjoyable and rewarding to the point that he is
motivated to do well and to continue learning on his initiative beyond the
requirements of formal education. The attitude of the teacher, the atmosphere
of the school, and its physical condition should contribute toward the end that
the individual would hold education high among his values.
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GENERAL GOAL #5
We will help every student acquire an understanding of his own and other
social, cultural, and ethnic groups.
- The school experience should be such that the student will learn to respect
and achieve and easy interaction with people of his own group and those who
differ from him in physical characteristics, in cultural traditions, economic
status, religious beliefs, value systems, manner of speech, and degree of
intellectual competence.
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GENERAL GOAL #6
We will help every student understand the rights and attitudes of
responsible citizenship and utilize these privileges in our American democratic
society.
- Responsible citizenship means an understanding of the institutions of a free
democratic society, and a recognition of historical perspective in bringing
rational criticism to bear on their defects and in working for changes leading
to their improvement.
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GENERAL GOAL #7
We will help every student develop the ability to select relevant
information, reason logically, and make decisions based on evidence that he has
evaluated.
- The entire democratic society depends upon citizens' ability to reason
logically wherever judgments must be made. It is therefore the responsibility of
every teacher to guide the student into situations requiring
inquiry.
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GENERAL GOAL #8
We will help every student acquire to the fullest extent his mastery of
communication and numerical skills.
- Communication skills include reading, writing, listening, speaking, and
nonverbal expressions: numerical skills include mathematical operations. Each
teacher should assist the student in the learning, performance, and application
of these basic skills.
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GENERAL GOAL #9
We will help every student prepare for a productive life.
- In a world of rapid change the student should be aware of opportunities, and
seek out the particular kind of education best suited to his talents and
interest. Each student will be provided through vocational training and/or work
experience the skills that enable him to pursue a career upon completion of high
school education. Each student must be prepared to initiate and pursue
activities appropriate to the leisure time which future careers will provide.
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GENERAL GOAL #10
We will help every student acquire an understanding of his natural
environment and a concern for the problems affecting its quality.
- The student should have opportunities to develop an awareness of his natural environment. With the rapid increase in human population and
technological developments, the student must realize that his environment is in
jeopardy and its quality is a vital consideration in the survival of mankind.
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GENERAL GOAL #11
We will help every student develop an awareness of and the ability to cope
with and participate in a changing world and its problems.
a. Develop ability to adjust to the changing demands of society
b. Develop understanding of the past, identify with the present, and the
ability to meet the future
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GENERAL GOAL #12
We will help every student develop an awareness of the skills of family
living.
a. Develop understanding and appreciation of the principles of living in the
family group
b. Develop attitudes leading to acceptance of responsibilities as family
members
c. Develop skills in the management of money, property and resources
d. Develop an awareness of future family responsibilities and achievement of
skill in preparing to accept them
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