1.1 Schooling

District Standards and Curriculum

Students enrolled in Adams 12 Five Star Schools shall have the knowledge, learning and life skills necessary to prepare them for further learning in the next grade level or life transition.

a. Students shall build and demonstrate strong content knowledge in their required and selected courses.

b. Students will have the ability to communicate their knowledge through:

• writing and speaking
• the use of technical and non-technical means
• and in response to varying demands of audience, task, purpose and discipline

c. Students will have the opportunity and expectation to demonstrate comprehension and critical analysis skills.

d. Students in all subgroups will show appropriate academic growth each year.

Life Skills

Students shall have opportunities to develop and demonstrate independence, self-directed learning, creativity, problem-solving, adaptability, critical thinking, perseverance, global and cultural understanding and effective communication skills in order to successfully achieve their college, career and life aspirations.