WINTHROP PUBLIC SCHOOLS
GUIDING PRINCIPLES

• Students in the Winthrop Public Schools will be Collaborative Workers who use effective leadership and group skills to develop and manage interpersonal relationships within organizationally and culturally diverse settings.

• Students in the Winthrop Public Schools will be Quality Producers who create intellectual, artistic, practical and physical products, which reflect originality, high quality, and use of advanced technology.

• Students in the Winthrop Public Schools will be Involved Citizens who take the initiative to contribute their time, energies, and talents to improve the welfare of themselves and others and the quality of life in their local and global environments.

• Students in the Winthrop Public Schools will be Self-Directed Learners who formulate positive core values in order to create a vision for their future, set priorities and goals, create options and take responsibilities for pursuing these goals and monitor and evaluate their progress in obtaining them.

• Students in the Winthrop Public Schools will be Adaptable Problem Solvers able to identify, assess and resolve the problems and challenges that confront them in a rapidly changing political, economic and socially complex world.

• Students in the Winthrop Public Schools will be Clear, Effective and Knowledgeable Communicators who use oral, written, visual and technological communications; who read, listen to and interpret messages from multiple sources; and who use English and at least one other language.