Ithaca Junior-Senior High School Mission, Vision, and Values Statements
MISSION (What is our purpose? Why do we exist?) Ithaca Junior/Senior High School will ensure that each student acquires the skills, knowledge, and character needed for personal development and civic responsibility.
VISION (What do we hope to become?) Ithaca Junior/Senior High School strives to become an academically rigorous educational setting, while continuing to offer a variety of relevant elective courses and extracurricular opportunities. We will endeavor to create a meaningful relationship with every student that rewards excellence, stresses self-discipline and creates high expectations.
VALUES (How must we behave in order to make our shared vision a reality?) The administration, faculty and staff will: • Hold student learning as our number one goal • Encourage an atmosphere which values education • Demonstrate and encourage an atmosphere of mutual respect • Develop and model social responsibility • Model and develop proactive leadership at all levels • Communicate with each other, parents, and students in a timely, regular, and meaningful manner • Preserve the sanctity of instructional time • Promote our own professional growth • Model a commitment to lifelong learning • Build positive relationships with students • Use data to facilitate and enhance instruction • Create an expectation of accountability among ourselves • Promote group cohesion and positive regard for each other