Philosophy/Mission Statement

Selinsgrove Area High School places the student at the center of its program of studies to nurture and enable lifelong learning. There will be regular assessment of our achievement of the philosophy/mission to ensure that the learning environment adequately prepares the student for a constantly and rapidly changing world.

Goals

• To focus on the individual student’s capabilities, needs and achievements.
• To provide a flexible program of studies which will encourage each student to perform successfully at a level corresponding to his or her ability.
• To create a learning environment that facilitates and enhances learning and teaching.
• To cultivate physical, emotional and mental health.
• To develop within the student a sense of responsibility for oneself and a positive attitude toward self, others and toward the environment.
• To instill within the student the fundamental knowledge, skills and appreciation of communication, calculation, scientific investigation, the arts and technological literacy necessary to pursue a successful and fulfilling career path and to become an active productive member of modern society respecting the past and building for the future.
• To insist that the student demonstrate what he or she has learned in authentic products, appropriate processes and monitored progress.
• To promote within the student the aspiration to construct for himself or herself a meaningful life in the realms of socialization, education, work, recreation, emotion and reflection.
• To encourage analytic, independent thinking and ethical decision-making.
• To engage the student in democratic citizenship recognizing the rights and responsibilities of the individual in the modern and diverse world.

Approved by the Board of Education
October 21, 1996