- To awaken students to their role(s) in our society and in the rest of the world.
- To empower them with the ability to trust and exercise their thinking skills on a higher level, one that is pertinent to their lives.
- To develop an educated, literate individual who will have the reading, writing, and communications skills to survive in an ever more complicated, sophisticated world.
- To help students become critical readers of the world.
- To instill a love of the written word, which will never be replaced by any form of technology.
- To reach students of various backgrounds, interests and abilities.
- To allow each student to feel important and valuable as part of the English class.
- To help students actualize their potential, thereby experiencing meaningful and productive years.
- To design different kinds of assessments to meet students' individual learning styles.
- To engage students in technology to enhance life and work.
- To enhance students' speech and performance skills.
- To help students articulate their ideas.
- To ensure that all our students graduate with viable skills in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and viewing.
- To promote critical thinking, analysis, and intellectual curiosity.
- To lead students to an understanding of why pieces of literature are taught.
- To encourage reflection of themes and values.
- To meet students where they are and bring them forward.
- To establish an ongoing dialogue regarding definition, practice, and the philosophical abstract and transferring this dialogue to the classroom.
- To encourage life-long learning.
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