Student Learning Outcomes

Academies of the Antelope Valley students will become…

Respectful Citizens who:

▪ Demonstrate sensitivity and empathy in all activities and projects.

▪ Demonstrate an understanding of personal responsibility as a community citizen through participation in decision making and leadership opportunities as well as common courtesy and respect for others.

▪ Demonstrate a clear understanding and application of digital etiquette and responsibility.

▪ Demonstrate the ability to celebrate the success of peers as well as to express appropriate satisfaction in personal success.

▪ Demonstrate the ability and willingness to work with a variety of peers in a variety of collaborating situations and to make positive contributions as well as to support and encourage participation of all collaborating members.

Active Communicators who:

▪ Demonstrate the ability to form and write coherent, concise and grammatically correct answers, paragraphs, essays, reports, and digital communications

▪ Demonstrate the ability to read and comprehend complex texts and to analyze the texts for clarity and understanding.

▪ Demonstrate the ability to transfer knowledge gained in a class room setting to real world situations.

▪ Demonstrate a clear understanding and application of digital etiquette and responsibility.

▪ Exhibit a basic understanding of at least one computer coding language.

Open-minded and technologically proficient thinkers and problem solvers who:

▪ Demonstrate the ability to use modern technology and equipment as supplements to, not replacements for, critical thinking, research and analytical reasoning.

▪ Demonstrate an understanding of real world math applications and problem solving including basic integer operations

▪ Demonstrate the ability to creatively meld low and high tech tools to create interesting and meaningful projects.

▪ Demonstrate a basic understanding of at least one computer coding language.

Self-directed learners who:

▪ Demonstrate excellent time management skills as well as the ability to follow directions completely and to ask appropriate questions for clarification when confused.

▪ Demonstrate the ability to transfer knowledge gained in a class room setting to real world situations.

▪ Develop an understanding of the influence of cross-curricular information; including the ways that history, art, science, math and literature are interrelated.

▪ Demonstrate the confidence to take risks and the persistence to try again after failure thus leading to the understanding that attempting the task is progress and not failure.

▪ Develop the self-confidence in their own academic and social skills necessary to be successful in college and career choices.