Mission

Southbridge High School inspires students to achieve their personal best enabling them to participate in the American democratic process and to succeed in an interdependent global community.

While respecting individuality and acknowledging the diversity of our student population, SHS assures equal opportunity to learn as well as establishes and maintains high standards of performance. SHS recognizes that excellence in education is a shared responsibility of students, faculty, support staff, administrators, parents, and the community-at-large.

Vision

Southbridge High School envisions the Ideal Student Profile through the development of intellectual, personal and interactive habits of mind.

Intellectual Habits of Mind

questions and explores
knows how to access and analyze / evaluate information
thinks independently and critically
recognizes / understands levels of performance
learns from mistakes

Personal Habits of Mind

personal responsibility
self-confidence
strong work ethic
motivation and excitement about learning
life-long learning

Interactive Habits of Mind

respectful
skilled in people skills
co-operative learner
global awareness: prepared to meet diversity
social consciousness: understands place in school, community, state, nation and world

Expectationa For Student Learning

Academic Learning Expectations

Southbridge High School students will:

communicate thoughtfully and effectively for a variety of purposes. Student communication will reflect a command of content, purpose,organization, detail and curriculum-appropriate skills.
participate in a variety of activities:arts, sports, extra-curricular, career-planning, health and other academically-related enterprises.

Civic Learning Expectations

Southbridge High School students will:

participate in the democratic process.
participate in a variety of work-based learning experiences, life-skills training and community service projects.

Social Learning Expectations

Southbridge High School students will:adhere to the discipline code and contribute to a general climate of understanding and respect.develop cultural awareness and social interaction in a multi-cultural environment.

Beliefs

We believe that the school should provide opportunities to enhance the intellectual, emotional physical, cultural, artistic and social development of students.
We believe in stimulating and challenging the physical and creative as well as the intellectual development of students.
We believe in a problem-solving, investigative approach to learning.
We believe that technology is as fundamental in education today as literacy and numeracy.
We believe in the importance of process as well as the development of product in learning.
We believe in multiple, varied and alternative methods of instruction and assessment.
We believe in assisting students in developing career plans and by offering appropriate courses to achieve these plans.
We believe there is value and strength in diversity.
We believe in cooperative learning.
We believe in service learning.We believe in student involvement in intermural, intramural and extracurricular activities.
We believe that all students can learn well in an inclusive learning environment by providing them with the necessary remedial interventions and maintaining high expectations based on an individual student's expected level of performance.