OHS Educational Mission
Oakland High School plans and organizes all educational efforts around our Expected Student Learning Results (ESLRs), which set our students on a path of being engaged citizens and life-long learners.
Upon graduation from Oakland High School, our Wildcats will be:
Academic achievers who:
- Master the essential skills of reading, writing, and mathematics
- Employ higher level thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, application, and evaluation
Self-directed, responsible individuals who:
- Make well-informed and appropriate decisions
- Assess their personal and academic strengths and interests to set achievable goals
- Use imaginative ideas to create products or performances across the curriculum
- Develop interests and leadership qualities through participation in student government and co-curricular activities such as clubs and teams
Effective communicators who receive and express ideas through:
- The use of technology to research and communicate ideas
- Oral presentations, projects, performances and demonstrations
- Interpersonal and intercultural communications and demonstrate the ability to:
- identify and research the source of student issues and concerns.
- posit necessary steps to making positive adjustments/change occur
- write proposals that address concerns and possible solutions
- present orally these proposals to the school’s governing bodies, such as Delegate Assembly (student), Principal Staff (faculty), School Site Council (faculty/student) and Faculty Council (faculty)
Community participants who respect others by:
- Behaving in an appropriate manner and resolving conflicts through positive actions
- Demonstrating knowledge and appreciation of a diverse school population
- Working in collaborative groups without prejudice or discrimination
- Using student government to develop, express, and act on their concerns
- Improving the quality of life in both the school and greater community through service learning, classroom-related projects, and club activities