About

Students represent Delta Charter High School as:
Persons of Character who

• Demonstrate integrity in their personal, academic, and community lives
• Accept responsibility for their words and actions
• Extend respect to others

A Delta Charter Schools student possesses “Five Senses”:
Sense of Knowledge

• Contribute time, energy, talents, and resources in community service projects.
• Demonstrate ability to transfer knowledge and experience to the academic and business world.
• Demonstrate core subject matter mastery, critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrate proficiency in basic computer programs by using a variety of communication systems.
• Demonstrate the ability to select and apply technology tools for research, information analysis, problem-solving, communicating and decision-making in learning.
• Demonstrate through writing, speech, and/or projects an understanding of diverse societies, cultures, and governments.
• Explore a variety of educational and career options.
• Express oneself appropriately within different media.
• Make informed choices among technology systems, resources and services.
• Set personal and educational goals and develop a plan to achieve those goals.
• Speak within and to a group on a specific topic using appropriate and effective language.
• Understand that one’s rights as a contributing citizen in an effective government comes with civic responsibility.
• Use the writing process to create, edit and evaluate.
• Write a coherent essay with logical structure, evidence, results, and conclusions in a research project or scientific experiment

Sense of Self

• Contribute time, energy, talents, and resources in community service projects.
• Demonstrate ability to transfer knowledge and experience to the academic and business world.
• Demonstrate core subject matter mastery, critical thinking and problemsolving skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to solve problems in real-life situations.
• Demonstrate through writing, speech, and/or projects an understanding of diverse societies, cultures, and governments.
• Develop vocational knowledge and skills.
• Explore a variety of educational and career options.
• Express oneself appropriately within different media.
• Set personal and educational goals and develop a plan to achieve those goals.
• Speak within and to a group on a specific topic using appropriate and effective language.
• Understand that one’s rights as a contributing citizen in an effective government comes with civic responsibility.
• Use the writing process to create, edit and evaluate.
• Write a coherent essay with logical structure, evidence, results, and conclusions in a research project or scientific experiment.

Sense of Community

• Contribute time, energy, talents, and resources in community service projects.
• Demonstrate proficiency in basic computer programs by using a variety of communication systems.
• Demonstrate the ability to select and apply technology tools for research, information analysis, problem solving, communicating and decision-making in learning.
• Demonstrate the ability to solve problems in real-life situations.
• Demonstrate through writing, speech, and/or projects an understanding of diverse societies, cultures, and governments.
• Develop vocational knowledge and skills.
• Make informed choices among technology systems, resources and services.
• Present a dramatic or oral presentation that demonstrates poise, command of language, and clear communication.
• Set personal and educational goals and develop a plan to achieve those goals.
• Speak within and to a group on a specific topic using appropriate and effective language.
• Understand that one’s rights as a contributing citizen in an effective government comes with civic responsibility.
• Use the writing process to create, edit and evaluate.
• Write a coherent essay with logical structure, evidence, results, and conclusions in a research project or scientific experiment​​​​​​​ 

Sense of Direction

• Contribute time, energy, talents, and resources in community service projects.
• Demonstrate ability to transfer knowledge and experience to the academic and business world.
• Demonstrate core subject matter mastery, critical thinking and problem solving skills.o Demonstrate the ability to solve problems in real-life situations.
• Demonstrate through writing, speech, and/or projects an understanding of diverse societies, cultures, and governments.
• Develop vocational knowledge and skills.
• Explore a variety of educational and career options.
• Set personal and educational goals and develop a plan to achieve those goals using a variety of communication systems.
• Understand that one’s rights as a contributing citizen in an effective government comes with civic responsibility.

Sense of Purpose

• Develop a personal creed.

BELIEFS
We believe:

• Relationships are our core.
• Critical thinking is paramount to life-long learning.
• Higher expectations empower greater achievements.
• All students try harder when they believe they are cared for.
• Students are diverse learners and deserve individual attention.
• Courageous and confident students will see mistakes as a process for success.
• Students can think globally yet act locally by helping others for the benefit of the community.
• Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation is nurtured through the parent/student/teacherpartnership.