Kennedy Middle College graduates will be Critical Thinkers who:

• Use critical thinking skills to analyze, interpret and evaluate varying opinions and data to formulate reasoned solutions and responses.

• Integrate prior knowledge with a new idea and concepts and formulate a reasoned solution.

Indicators: Socratic seminars, focused not taking, performance tasks, ACT/SAT/PSAT test scores

 

Kennedy Middle College graduates will be Collaborative Individuals who:

• Value the viewpoints of others and be open-minded to diverse ideas

• Know how to balance collaborative and individual efforts to solve problems

Indicators: Performance tasks, student work samples.

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Kennedy Middle College graduates will be Effective Communicators who:

• Express their thoughts, opinions and beliefs, clearly and effectively using academic vocabulary both verbally and in writing

Indicators: Student work samples Socratic seminars reflections, performance tasks

 

Kennedy Middle College graduates will be Self-Directed Learners who:

• Recognize the importance of his/her own education

• Are intrinsically and extrinsically motivated

• Identify areas of interest or passion

• Build goals upon those areas

• Establish a pathway to meet those goals

Indicators: Vision - 30 unit completion of Norco College courses, A-G completion, Norco College Education Plan, Smart goals in Excel, Norco College CTE Pathways, CSU mentor

 

Kennedy Middle College graduates will be Community Contributors who:

• Demonstrate involvement within the school and community through participation in volunteer/community involvement programs.