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Expectations of Student Learning

The Mission of Leland & Gray Union Middle and High School is to engage its students in an education that promotes excellence, fosters community, and respects individuality.

1. Communication:
a) Reads critically to appreciate, understand, and interpret a variety of materials
b) Writes effectively for a variety of purposes
c) Listens actively for a variety of purposes
d) Expresses self with power and purpose
e) Uses the tools of information technology to communicate

2. Reasoning and Problem Solving:
a) Asks meaningful questions
b) Chooses and uses effective means of solving problems
c) Persists in seeking solutions to challenging problems
d) Thinks critically, abstractly, and creatively

3. Personal Development:
a) Makes safe and healthy choices for physical, social, and emotional well-being
b) Develops productive and respectful relationships
c) Develops skills necessary to participate in the workspace

4. Civic / Social Understanding:
a) Understands and participates in democratic processes
b) Respects human diversity as part of our multicultural society and world
c) Evaluates and predicts how current trends may affect the future of communities and the environment

2010-11 DATES TO REMEMBER
August
Tue. 8/31 • First day for grade 7
September
Wed. 9/1 • School for all students
Mon. 9/6 • No school - Labor day
Wed. 9/29 • No school - In-service day
October
Thur. & Fri. 10/21-22 • No school - teachers convention
November
Thur. 11/4 • Early release day
Fri. 11/5 • First marking period ends
Wed.-Fri. 11/14-26 • No school - Thanksgiving break
December
Thur. 12/23 • Early release day
Fri.-Fri. 12/24-31 • No school - Holiday break
January
Mon. 1/17 • No school - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. day
Tue. 1/18 • No school - In-service day
Fri. 1/21• Second marking period ends
February
Mon.-Tues. 2/21-2/28 • No school - Break and in-service
March
Tue. 3/1 • No school - Town Meeting Day
Thur. 3/24 • Early release day
April
Fri. 4/8 • Third marking period ends
Mon.-Fri. 4/18-22 • No school - April break
May
Thur. 5/18 • Early release day
Mon. 5/30 • No school - Memorial day
June
Thur. 6/23 • Anticipated last day of school
Sat. 6/18 • Graduation

 

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