Mission Statement

Wichita High School East provides a collaborative community where all students and staff are actively engaged in learning.

Our Values

We will...

• engage students in learning through a variety of instructional activities and provide constructive feedback to students on a regular basis.

• respect individual beliefs, ideas and perspectives while teaching students to develop and defend informed opinions using critical thinking skills.

• teach established course objectives and provide evidence of student achievement while addressing individual needs.

• commit to collaborative professional learning with an expectation of continual improvement in instruction.

• provide clear expectations and appropriate consequences in a positive, respectful environment.

Three Guiding Questions

All our efforts are guided by the following questions:

1. What do we expect students to learn?
2. How will we know what students have learned?
3. How will we respond to students who are not learning?

In Answer To Those Questions

The Wichita school district has established standards for each area of the curriculum. Teachers from each area are meeting to align their classroom content to those standards.

In addition to formative assessments to track student progress, teachers are working together to establish summative assessments aligned to district standards to track student progress. Students also take state assessments in reading and mathematics, social studies, science, and writing. The district is working to establish standardized assessments for each of these courses.

East High teachers work in professional learning communities (PLC) to share research-based practices that impact student learning, discuss student achievement and alter teaching practices accordingly.

Technology, in the form of PowerPoint demonstrations, web pages, eInstruction-type clickers, Blackboard, and Streaming Video, is used to engage students and enhance student learning.