Mission Statement
"Cache La Poudre Junior High is a school where respect, rigor, relevance, responsibility and relationships drive learning."
Respect means
The highest degree of respect is not earned but assumed upon contact as humans, as parents, as teachers and as students.
Student to student respect and behavior is accepting of everyone for who they are, their property and ideas.
Teacher to student to teacher respect is something that is accumulated and maintained through actions, choices and behaviors.
Teacher to teacher respect is accepting of fellow teachers for who they are, their property and ideas.
Parent to teacher to parent respect realizes that all have unique roles in the education of students and while different have the same end in mind of a strong, capable student who is prepared for his/her future.
Rigor
A challenging curriculum for all students
High expectations for academics and student behavior
Accountability of expectations for students and staff
The opportunity for differentiated instruction in classes for all students
Pre-AP opportunities for all students
Higher order thinking skills
Consistence in behavioral expectations are reinforced
Relevance
Content relates to the present and the future.
Skills are built upon and taught.
What is taught has a relationship to "real life."
The life skills of accountability, communication, leadership, problem solving, critical thinking and literacy are constantly taught.
The method of delivering the curriculum is itself relevant to 'real' situations and is relevant is all students.
Curriculum is adaptable to a changing world and the needs of students.
The curriculum is important and meaningful to students and staff.
Responsibility Includes
Every student has the 'right and responsibility' to learn.
Every teacher has the 'right and responsibility' to teach.
All members of the CLPJH community are partners and actively involved in supporting students being responsible with behaviors and academics.
Students are expected to
Be Prompt
Be Prepared
Be Polite
Participate
Problem solve
Relationships involve
All students, all staff, all parents, the total school and community.
Building relationships support CLPJH being a small community.
Promote school and student safety.
Being based on trust, personal ownership and respect for self and others.
Positive conflict resolution.
See the child first and then the behavior.
Supporting high expectations for students, staff, and parent.
Respecting diversity.
Respecting person rights.
Supporting individuals being unique.
