Cranston Public Schools

The student completing an educational program in the Cranston Public Schools is an inquisitive, literate, culturally aware, life long learner, with positive self-esteem, who is able to think creatively and to analyze information critically. The student is a resourceful, technologically proficient worker, who contributes to team efforts. As a responsible citizen, the student is an ethical, self-reliant, and socially responsible member of the global community.

PHILOSOPHY OF CRANSTON HIGH SCHOOL EAST

Cranston High School East is a comprehensive high school whose major function is to accept each student as he/she is and to afford him/her an appropriate learning situation with maximum opportunity for self-improvement. Cranston High School East provides for individual differences in the curriculum in order to enable students to prepare themselves to seek their varied roles in society. Cranston East provides the essentials of a traditional education steeped in the basic verbal and quantitative disciplines, supplemented by the new dynamics required for a rapidly changing social, economic, and scientific environment. To encourage students towards positive direction to their lives, guidance and personal services promote intellectual, physical, social, and emotional well-being. A further aim of Cranston High School East is to foster good citizenship by combining the knowledge of the American political processes with the opportunity to participate in democratic activities. In pursuing these goals, Cranston High School East maintains a tradition of learning based on mutual respect and rapport which promotes a strong school community.

OBJECTIVES

To challenge the students academically at a level commensurate with their aptitude and goals

To develop skills for all students based upon individual educational and career goals

To provide a comprehensive range of diagnostic services and programs to assess and meet the specific needs of students who require special services

To provide students with programs and facilities that will prepare them to meet the challenges of technological changes

To develop the necessary skills within appropriate environments to foster creative expression

To enable students and parents to meet with counselors for guidance, program selection, referral coordination, counseling, pupil record services, and future educational placement

To provide opportunities to develop physical well-being through compulsory physical education courses, health programs, and interscholastic and intramural sports

To provide opportunities for understanding man and his society through the study of our social, political, economic, and artistic heritage

To develop a sense of civic consciousness through participation in organizations and in student government

To encourage a sense of community through student-faculty interaction involving academics, athletics, and student activities

CRANSTON HIGH SCHOOL EAST

Mission Statement
Adopted 3/4/04

The mission of CHSE, a partnership consisting of students, teachers, parents, and community members, is to educate all students in a safe, challenging, and mutually respectful environment, which will enable them to develop and demonstrate proficiency in critical thinking problem solving, and communication skills. The CHSE student and subsequent graduate will utilize these skills to become a respectful and productive contributor to both the school and community.

Adopted 6/1997
Adopted 3/4/02
Revised 11/17/03
Revised 12/10/03
Revised 2/2/04
Adopted 3/4/04
Adopted 1/3/05

It is the aim and objective of Cranston High School East to provide and arrange programs of study to meet the general and specific needs of individual students. This Program of Studies has been prepared to assist and guide the student and parent in selecting those subjects which best meet individual needs, abilities, and interests.

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PHILOSOPHY OF CRANSTON HIGH SCHOOL WEST

Cranston High School West, a comprehensive high school, shall extend to all students the opportunity to develop to their fullest capacity. The school is committed to working with students to assist them in their personal growth and in achieving their potential in the area of academics, vocational preparation, social awareness, emotional maturity, personal responsibility, and physical development. The school operates on the belief that these ends are best met when community leaders, parents, faculty, and students work together to facilitate on-going processes and to plan for the future. An earnest endeavor shall be made to help all individuals become responsible citizens able to participate effectively in a democratic society.

Mission Statement
The mission of Cranston High School West is to empower and support all students to become responsible for their learning, to strive to reach their potential, to become a community of diverse learners, to treat others with courtesy and respect, and to become productive members of our society.

Administration:
The Cranston High School West administrative leadership team is committed to fostering a safe, personalized, learning environment that supports quality and creative instructional strategies and a variety of assessment practices that enable our students to demonstrate proficiency in both content and school-wide expectations.

Faculty:
The Cranston High School West Faculty is committed to providing quality instructional programs that foster growth in knowledge of core concepts and develop both higher order thinking skills and problem solving strategies in a personalized environment.

Student:
The Cranston High School West student body is committed to striving for academic excellence by being accountable for its learning, by applying its knowledge to real world situations, by demonstrating proficiency in social and school-wide expectations, and by adhering to approved school policies.

Community:
The Cranston High School West community, as educational partners with administration, faculty, and students, is committed to participating in various school and community groups, by advocating appropriate funding, by encouraging students to be responsible for their choices, and by providing students with site-based learning opportunities.

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GRADUATION REQUIREMENT

For those students entering grade 9 in 2004 and thereafter, units of credits to meet state graduation requirements will be granted for courses taken in grades 9-12 only. This action does not preclude students taking certain courses prior to grade 9. Students should be encouraged to pursue as rigorous a course of study as possible. This action is taken to place Cranston in compliance with the Rhode Island Department of Education’s High School Reform mandates.

Below is a chart that reflects the current course work and high school reform requirements to earn a high school diploma from the Cranston Public Schools. Carnegie Units must be earned in grades 9-12 inclusive - generally over a minimum period of four years or its equivalent in academic time. A Carnegie Unit is earned passing a course that meets a minimum of 200 minutes/week for 36 weeks. At a minimum to earn a high school diploma from the Cranston Public Schools, students must earn the below noted credits:

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GRADUATING CLASSES

2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 AND BEYOND

CONTENT AREA

2008

20 Carnegi

CRANSTON HIGH SCHOOL EAST

PRINCIPAL

Sean T. Kelly

ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS

Cheryl M. Coogan

Robert E. Cooney

Scott D. Barr

Lynda Wagner

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Jeannine L. Nota

CRANSTON HIGH SCHOOL WEST

PRINCIPAL

Steven C. Knowlton

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Lynne F. Burke

401-270-8049 (Main Office Cranston West)

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PHILOSOPHY OF CRANSTON HIGH SCHOOL EAST

CAREER AND TECHNICAL COURSES

PHILOSOPHY OF CRANSTON HIGH SCHOOL WEST