Mission & Goals
Mission:
The mission of the school will be to educate students to be productively involved in a highly technical society by creating a neighborhood school where students learn through active participation in a thematically, organized curriculum that focuses on science, mathematics and the use of technology. HAAAT and the Hemet Unified School District will create a model for excellence through the:
- Creation of a unique learning environment for a culturally diverse population that integrates both formal and informal learning and builds the interconnection between classroom experiences and students’ view of the world and life-long learning.
- Involvement of family, community business and industry, and professional organizations to create a comprehensive and integrated system of support for students that build a heightened sense of discovery and nurture self-esteem. Parents will be equipped to provide mentorship, guidance and academic intervention.
- Students will use science inquiry as the core of an instructional program featuring an enriched curriculum integrating math, science, and the use of technology throughout.
- Students will interact with the world in a specific way: observing, questioning, hypothesizing, predicting, investigating, interpreting, and communicating.
- Students will master basic skills, critical thinking, and become problem solvers.
- Students will reach mastery demonstrated through measurable outcomes in the areas of language arts and will demonstrate grade-level proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking which meet or exceed California Common Core Content Standards and California State Content Standards.
- Student performance will increase as demonstrated by standardized, criterion-referenced and performance-based tests.
- Students will demonstrate cooperative social behavior with a sense of responsibility toward their school, home and community.
- Students will value and respect their and the contributions of other cultures through arts, literature, social studies, science, and math curricula.
HAAAT will become a national model in high school education through the innovative use of science, mathematics and technology as the foundation for a rigorous and exciting multidisciplinary learning experience for 9th – 12th grade students.
This will be achieved through the following:
- Drawing on the partnership between the Western Center Academy, the Hemet Unified School District. Mount San Jacinto College, and other regional entities.
- Maintaining strong and effective leadership, along with dedicated and highly-trained teachers and staff.
- Establishing school operations and instructional practices that value diverse learning styles and provide rich experiences for all learners.
- Modeling collaborative engagement of parents, teachers, and professional staff form the school’s partner organizations.
- Establish a relationship with Western Science Center to facilitate the applied use of science and math principles.
- Designing and implementing an innovative, learner-centered curriculum based on current research, Common Core State Standards and State Content Standards.
- Researching, developing and advancing best practices for engaging students and parents, training teachers and promoting educational excellence and innovation.
- Effectively integrating a wide range of resources through collaboration with the Western Center Academy.