PALMER HIGH SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENT

Palmer High School is committed to offering students a well-rounded curriculum designed to promote learning as a lifelong process.   As an inclusive institution,  Palmer High School encourages a focus on purpose, honor and scholarship as students attempt to discover their abilities and to reach their greatest potentialities through participation in a variety of academic, artistic, co-curricular, athletic and community activities.

The Palmer High School Community will:

• Provide a learning environment which is physically safe and intellectually open
• Allocate time and resources for the professional development of faculty and staff
• Update the contents, methodologies, and technologies of the curriculum on a regular basis
• Foster an appreciation for the arts and humanities
• Celebrate the achievements of the school community
• Guide its students toward an appropriate post-secondary career or institute
• Nurture effective communication between students, faculty, staff, administration, parents and the community
• Utilize clearly stated methods to assess student performance
• Model the school's academic and social expectations

ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS

The students of Palmer High School will apply academic skills to:

• Acquire, process and use information effectively and efficiently for a variety of purposes
• Communicate ideas in written, oral and artistic expression
• Demonstrate problem solving skills
• Work collaboratively and effectively as a team member in a diverse group

SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS

The students of Palmer High School will:

1. Demonstrate respect for self, others and the environment.

• Appreciate, with heightened understanding, individual and cultural differences
• Participate through active sharing and cooperation
• Properly use and maintain property and equipment
• Interact respectfully
• Act with integrity and honesty
• Establish a positive identity (self-esteem, sense of purpose, personal power ,and positive view of personal future)
• Use non-violent conflict resolution skills

2. Strive for social, emotional, and physical health

• Engage in personal fitness programs
• Demonstrate aspects of healthy life styles
• Develop positive relationships

3. Articulate realistic and timely goals for personal and academic growth   

• Accept responsibility for personal decisions and actions
• Exercise self discipline
• Show a commitment to learning
• Manage time constructively

4. Serve the school and community.

• Establish purposeful community and school partnerships
• Engage in community service-learning activities