Academically Ready

Becoming prepared academically for your future requires five basic skills. Students should make sure they achieve these benchmarks prior to graduation.

Becoming prepared academically for your future requires five basic skills. Students should make sure they achieve these benchmarks prior to graduation.

  1. Reads with understanding
  2. Writes with clarity
  3. Thinks critically
  4. Calculates with fluency
  5. Applies scientific concepts

Reads with understanding

  • Meets state and district-level expectations on reading exams
  • Reads a variety of texts (non-fiction, technical, literature) with fluency and comprehension
  • Demonstrates the ability to follow written instructions

Writes with clarity

  • Meets state and district-level expectations on written exams
  • Demonstrates the ability to effectively communicate through written correspondence (letter, resume, email, etc.).
  • Uses a tone and style in writing that is appropriate to the audience (i.e. casual, texting, formal)

Thinks critically

  • Effectively analyzes and evaluates evidence, arguments, claims and beliefs 
  • Asks essential clarifying questions and uses inferencing clues
  • Uses an analytic or design process to draw conclusions and solve problems 

Calculates with fluency

  • Independently applies mathematical concepts to solve real-world problems in work and in life.

Applies scientific concepts

  • Understands and practices the scientific method, or a similar design process when approaching problems or complex tasks.