Mission - Outcomes
Our Mission:
The mission of Oak Park High School is to provide a world-class educational experience that instills a desire for life-long learning and develops the intellectual, social, physical, emotional and cultural foundations necessary for students to reach their individual potential.
Our Schoolwide Learner Outcomes
Oak Park High School prepares its graduates to be:
- Academic Achievers who:
- Demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of the academic standards
- Practice good listening, speaking, reading and writing skills to communicate learning
- Show an ability to use knowledge in flexible and new ways
- Exhibit continuing growth in meeting academic standards of the curriculum
- Critical Thinkers who:
- Apply complex problem-solving strategies to meaningful tasks
- Analyze, integrate and evaluate concepts within various contexts
- Synthesize information from multiple valid and reliable sources to ask questions, define problems and identify complexities and discrepancies
- Transfer learned skills to new situations
- Quality Producers who:
- Strive to fulfill their individual potential in all facets of their education
- Use technology appropriately and ethically to enhance their work
- Demonstrate creativity and original thinking through innovative and experimental expression
- Understand and apply connections among disciplines
- Self-Directed Learners who:
- Set, pursue and accomplish realistic, yet challenging goals for themselves
- Exhibit self-motivation, self-discipline, self-evaluation, authentic engagement, and accountability for the process of learning
- Overcome obstacles through the application of learned strategies and work habits
- Display independent and collaborative learning styles
- School Community Contributors who:
- Demonstrate high standards of honesty, integrity, empathy, and respect for the rights and privileges of others in all settings
- Exhibit responsible digital citizenship
- Develop an understanding of and responsible sense of social justice and sustainability
- Establish and maintain positive and respectful interpersonal relationships
- Contribute time, energy and talent to improve the quality of life in school and in their personal life
- Healthy and Productive Members of Society who:
- Work to maintain balance in their lives
- Engage in practices that promote a healthy emotional and physical lifestyle
- Possess strong self-advocacy skills
- Acquire self-knowledge through personal introspection
- Develop resilience and the ability to adapt and grow