Members of the entire educational community at YHS worked together to develop and write a mission statement that communicated what we felt was the overall purpose of our school and its responsibility to our students. Through much input and many revisions, we agreed upon our current mission statement. Our mission statement was developed through consensus decision-making.

After the acceptance of our mission statement, members of the entire educational community looked at the data we had available concerning our students. We disaggregate the data based on gender, grade level and quarters. This, along with parent, teacher and student surveys, gave us a more in-depth understanding of what our students' needs were in the curricular areas. Through a tedious process we chose our two goals. The goals are improving reading comprehension and writing skills across the curriculum.

The next step in this process involved researching and selecting the interventions we wanted to implement in all of our classrooms. Many members of our educational community spent countless hours researching possible interventions. Through brainstorming, modeling and consensus, we chose daily reading and summary writing as our interventions. All teachers have implemented these into our daily classroom activities and collect monthly samples for our records.

Mission Statement: In the 21st Century, Yokota High School , working in partnership with the family and local community, will provide a safe, academically-inspiring environment in which all students develop to their maximum potential as life-long learners and responsible participants in an ever-changing global environment.

School Improvement Goals

Critical Thinking (Goal 1)

All students will demonstrate improvements in critical thinking across the curriculum.

Math Literacy (Goal 2)

All students will improve literacy skills across the curriculum.