Expected Schoolwide Learning Results

Paloma Valley High School Graduates are:

Academic Achievers who:

• Possess a broad body of knowledge encompassing the humanities, arts, mathematics, and sciences.
• Are competent in the basic skills of reading, writing and calculating.
• Are ready to successfully enter into diverse careers and/or further academic studies/vocational training.
• Use technology to collect, analyze, organize, and evaluate information from a variety of sources. 

Effective Communicators who:

• Organize ideas and communicate thoughts and information orally, in writing, and through the use of charts, graphs, and visual aids.
• Analyze processes and explain how they work.
• Listen actively, speak intelligently, and write coherently.
• Use technology as a productive tool.

Critical Thinkers who:

• Solve and analyze problems, identify information, and evaluate possible solutions both cooperatively and individually.
• Contemplate relevant issues and formulate justified opinions and solutions.

 Self-Disciplined Citizens who:

• Show respect for the uniqueness of individuals, their property, and the environment.
• Establish and achieve realistic personal, educational, and professional goals.
• Develop a positive sense of self-worth, as reflected in accomplishments and concern for personal needs.
• Contribute to the community in a positive way.
• Understand democratic processes and value their participation in them.